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I am the Ottoman Empire, and want to force-convert Persia from Shiite to Sunni. Although I have a 70+ warscore, force conversion is not possible. Don't I meet the requirements or it isn't possible?
 

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And if you're making peace with the leader of an alliance (or a single country with no allies), you can make it into a seperate peace by clicking on your target's shield in the peace screen.

Be warned, however, that if Persia's provinces are Shi'ite, they're likely to convert back in 5 years or so.
 

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Duke of Wellington said:
That can't be done. Sunni and Shiite cannot voluntarily convert between each faith.

Wasn't aware of that. Figured it was possible in the same way Christians can. Does that mean Christians are the only group that can switch religion voluntarily?
 

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Do remember that voluntary event driven religion changes do apply. I can't recall the Persian event list, but if they have have religious event where they choose between Shi'ia and Sunni they can revert via that event.
 

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Jomini said:
Do remember that voluntary event driven religion changes do apply. I can't recall the Persian event list, but if they have have religious event where they choose between Shi'ia and Sunni they can revert via that event.

I'm almost completely sure they don't.

The Ottomans, however, do have an event that allows them to choose to switch to Shia if they so wish.
 

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There's some 'fantasia' flag in the scenario file which does it - unfortunately it causes a lot of other changes as well.