• Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious...
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  • Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion...
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  • needed] Religious conversion has sparked a lot of attention and has caused hostilities in Indian families. Though conversion resolved the pre-conversion crisis...
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  • gains through religious conversion after religiously unaffiliated, which is expected to have the largest net gains through religious conversion. According...
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    their professional, public, and private lives, and conversion is seen by many as a way to avoid religious discrimination and violence. According to some child...
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  • identity Marital conversion, a form of religious conversion Secondary conversion, a form of religious conversion Psychology of religious conversion, psychological...
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    Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as...
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    has been excluded, and thus available statistics are estimates made by religious and non-governmental agencies. The country is majority Sunni Muslim (estimated...
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  • The modern academic study of the psychology of religious conversion can be tracked back to 1881 when a series of lectures was delivered by early psychologist...
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    the rule of Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire. In general, religious conversion was a gradual process, though it is mostly attributed to the works...
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  • Arabia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Executions for religious conversion have been infrequent in recent times, with four cases reported since...
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    Surah baqarah:256 "Two men arrested for "forced conversion" of a young woman: they gave her religious books". NewsXS. July 27, 2012.[permanent dead link]...
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  • religions and spiritual traditions List of religious populations World religions Numinous Religious conversion State religion Historically, the Baháʼí Faith...
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    The conversion of Paul the Apostle (also the Pauline conversion, Damascene conversion, Damascus Christophany and the "road to Damascus" event) was, according...
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    Conversion to Judaism (Hebrew: גִּיּוּר, romanized: giyur or Hebrew: גֵּרוּת, romanized: gerut) is the process by which non-Jews adopt the Jewish religion...
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  • Growth of religion (category Religious studies)
    Muslims. Religious conversion has no net impact on the Muslim population growth. It is projected that birth rates – rather than conversion – will prove...
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  • had introduced the Prohibition of Forced Conversion Bill 2021 that was rejected by its Ministry of Religious Affairs in 2021. The constitution of Algeria...
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    Governorate (present-day Yarkovsky District in Tyumen Oblast). He had a religious conversion experience after embarking on a pilgrimage to a monastery in 1897...
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  • A deathbed conversion is the adoption of a particular religious faith shortly before dying. Making a conversion on one's deathbed may reflect an immediate...
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    Muslim population growth (category Conversion to Islam)
    in 2011 by Pew Research, whilst there is a lack of reliable data, religious conversion might have no net impact on the Muslim population as the number of...
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  • parties to support an "anti-conversion bill" that outlaws religious conversions using coercion and inducement. The proposed conversion programme in Aligarh on...
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  • Judaism take a Hebrew name upon conversion. Born Jews generally have a patronymic Hebrew name which is used for religious purposes; this is frequently different...
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  • rapid downward spiral." Bahrain has no history of engaging in forced religious conversion. Foreign nationals as well as local minorities are able to practice...
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  • In the sociology of religion, secondary conversion is the religious conversion of an individual that results from a relationship with another convert,...
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  • Marital conversion is religious conversion upon marriage, either as a conciliatory act, or a mandated requirement according to a particular religious belief...
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    The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020 (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश धर्म विधि विरुद्ध धर्म संपरिवर्तन प्रतिषेध अध्यादेश...
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  • significantly restricted. Individual societal abuses and discrimination based on religious beliefs or practices have been reported. According to many officials and...
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    diverse province, with 8% religious minority population (predominantly Hindus) passed a bill that outlawed forced conversions. After being passed by the...
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  • Proselytism (category Religious conversion)
    comes to religious beliefs. The World Council of Churches has indicated that, when used pejoratively, proselytism refers to attempts at conversion by "unjust...
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  • Love jihad conspiracy theory (category Religious conversion in India)
    theme of Love Jihad. The caption underneath read: "conversion of nationality through religious conversion". In June 2018, Jharkhand High Court granted a divorce...
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