• the main theme of Indian novelist V.J.P. Saldanha's writings was the 18th-century captivity of 60,000 Mangalorean Roman Catholics at Seringapatam?
• during the captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam, 30,000 of the captured 60,000 Christians were forcibly converted to Islam by Tipu Sultan?

Facts on topics related to Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam

Islamic terrorism

• Colleen LaRose, also known as "JihadJane", was living in suburban Pennsylvania when she was arrested for recruiting Islamic terrorists and plotting the murder of Swedish artist Lars Vilks?
• before David Myatt converted to Islam in 1998 and endorsed Islamic terrorism, he had been active in Nazi satanism in the UK since the late 1960s?

Islamism

• the failed Pakistan coup attempt of 1995 aimed to establish an Islamic caliphate in Pakistan by overthrowing prime minister Benazir Bhutto?