Religious and spiritual abuse, in the context of domestic abuse, occurs when a victim is prevented from carrying out their religious or spiritual practices, or is forced to engage in activities that conflict with their beliefs.
This may include:
Preventing someone from attending their place of worship
Religious discrimination
Preventing someone from worshipping at all or in the way they wish to
Forcing someone to attend ceremonies for a religion which they do not practice
Forcing someone to eat foods that are forbidden by their religion
Destroying someone’s religious texts and articles
Mockery and verbal abuse of their religion
Forcing someone to act in a way which goes against their religion
Forcing someone to relinquish their religion
Forcing someone to partake in a spiritual activity or belief which they do not wish to