Yohännes imposed further religious uniformity through his demand that his Muslim subjects either convert to Christianity or leave his country. In October 1879 he announced to the Aksum Seyon Church we are baptizing all Moslems having told them to become CHIRISTIANS. The first person plural included his army for great deal of duress was involved in this mass conversion chronicler noted that at the beginning of 1881. Yohännes issued a decree giving Muslims the option of exile and ordered his principal vassals to impose it as well .He destroyed mosques built churches in their stead and few months later he was with Meniiek in Walio where they slaughtered the Muslims who were not converted Finally Yohännes imposed religious uniformity against popular forms of religion as well as against Islam He fervently attacked the possession cult known as zar. persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cea_0008-0055_1988_num_28_109_2150
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