 Non-Catholics were subject to discriminatory legislation regarding taxation and some other specific discriminatory legislation-such as a prohibition on wearing silk or "flashy clothes" - that varied from county to county, but were otherwise left alone.Forced conversion of minorities was against the law, and so was the belief in the existence of witchcraft, oracles or similar superstitions.In general, all "people from the book" were permitted to practice their own customs and religions as far as they did not attempt proselytizing on the Christian population.