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Persecution of Muslims by Christians

  • Persecution of Jews and Muslims by Manuel I of PortugalOn the 5th of December 1496, King Manuel I signed a decree that would force all Jews and Muslims to leave Portugal by October of the following year.
  • InquisitionIn 12th-century France, the Catholic Church launched a judicial procedure to combat heresy among groups like the Cathars and Waldensians.
  • Spanish InquisitionIn 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued a papal bull authorizing the creation of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition.