Forced conversion campaigns banned whole cultural practices, not just religion

Evidence

It was the whole inherited culture that was being banned, and not just the religion itself. Whether it was the ornamenting of women’s hands with henna patterns or the practice of medicine as in the old days, the new measures tried to root out all reminders of the past. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 522

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the broader literature on cultural erasure and forced conversion, e.g. the Inquisition’s suppression of New Christian lifeways.