Reply #70: A more general topic: the relationship between a person's religion and the person's civil status [View All]

[Boojatta]

For example, unless I am mistaken, in Europe after 1400 A.D., some people converted from Judaism to some denominations of Christianity, or their parents, grandparents, or other direct ancestors converted from Judaism to some denominations of Christianity, and they were themselves raised as Christians.

Either way, they considered themselves to be Christians, and were considered by governmental authorities to be Christians. The conversions may have increased their legal opportunities. For example, could Disraeli have been simultaneously Prime Minister of the UK (or whatever it was called at the time) and an adherent of Judaism?

Today, unless I am mistaken, there are officially Islamic countries where one's religion affects one's legal status. In particular, in many officially Islamic countries, the law today imposes special restrictions on non-Muslims that aren't imposed on Muslims.