Expulsion decrees forcibly retained children to convert them

Evidence

However, one of the commissars, Alonso de Sotomayor (he was actually in charge of the Murcian operation) put forward a highly intelligent suggestion specifically with regard to Old and New Castile. He proposed that some of the Moriscos should be allowed to banish themselves, take themselves into exile. He was thinking above all of the well-assimilated Moriscos, the ex-Mudejars, of Castile. Given that the Spanish authorities were here dealing with people often living in relatively small and geographically dispersed communities, the logistical problems of assembling them and escorting them would have been immense. If the overstretched forces of order could transfer some of the burden of administration onto those being expelled, a nearimpossible task might become feasible. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1493 (#complicates, via linked claim)

In consequence, they were far removed from all urbane, courteous, and polite manners and customs. They brought their children up to run wild like brute beasts, giving them no rational teaching or instruction for salvation, except what was forced upon them, and what they were obliged by their superiors to attend, because they had been baptized. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1896 (#complicates, via linked claim)

In the article, Vasvija Mulasalihovic, 39, is quoted as saying that the leader of the expulsions, Vojkan Djurkovic, told her and other women whose sons, brothers, and husbands were being taken away that they should to go to Tuzla (in Bosnian-government controlled territory) and attain the expulsion of 150 Serb families. Upon doing that, they would get their loved ones back. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 541 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Expelling authorities separated children from parents to convert them — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 120; Expulsion rules stripped away Morisco fathers from children who stayed with Christian mothers — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1443; Administering forced expulsion could be shifted onto the expelled themselves — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1493 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Administering forced expulsion could be shifted onto the expelled themselves #complicates (0.78) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1493
• Moriscos kept their children from Christian religious instruction after forced baptism #complicates (0.77) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1896
• Expulsion leaders forced victims to commit reciprocal expulsions to free hostages #complicates (0.72) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 541