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The Spanish, Portuguese and Roman Inquisitions were well-renowned for their cruel methods of torture and execution. Individuals suspected for being heretics or opposing the Catholic Church were often imprisoned and tortured painfully in order to convert their thinking back. Their main targets were Jews, Christian heretics, Muslims, sodomizers, diviners, witches, scientists and scholars, and other special enemies.

The extent of the Catholic Inquisitions is in Goa, a region in India. In Goa, the Goa Inquisition was established by Saint Francis Xavier with the intent of prostelyzing Hindus and Muslims to convert into Catholicism and root out heresy.

During the Goa Inquisition's rule in Goa, the whole tribunal was notorious for their relentless brutality towards the Indians. The Inquisition persecuted and punished Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and other Christians. The priests incinerated books written in Sanskrit, Marathi, Konkani or Arabic as well with restricted Protestant books from English or Dutch merchant ships. Racial and religious discrimination was common in the proceedings of the Inquisition.

The cruelty and horror of the Inquisition was extremely astounding to the modern man. The Spanish and the Portuguese conquered and colonized the Americas through conquistadors and clerics like Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes and Junipero Sera.

What would happen if a Catholic Inquisition was established in the American territories controlled by Spain and Portugal?
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