Original sentence: One of the important doctrines of Islam is "la ikraha fiddeen" (Quran, 2:256), meaning "no compulsion (or coercion) in religion".The doctrine is stated in such general terms it can also influence the policies of an Islamic nation towards two challenging parties one being coerced into the other's religion.This implies no spouse can coerce his or her spouse into religion, no nation can coerce another nation or individuals to change their religion, and so on