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With the exception of some policies affecting Jews and Muslims, Khan's empire largely had a policy of religious [[pluralism]].<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan called Muslims/Jews slaves and was offended by Jewish [[kosher]] eating practices and he forbade the Muslim halal method of butchering animals.<ref>Johan Elverskog (2010). Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road (illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 228. ISBN 0-8122-4237-8.</ref> Jews were forbidden to practice circumcision and eating kosher. Muslims slaughtered sheep according to Islamic practices in secret under Khan's reign over them.<ref>Michael Dillon (1999). China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects. Richmond: Curzon Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-7007-1026-4.</ref>   

With the exception of some policies affecting Jews and Muslims, Khan's empire largely had a policy of religious [[pluralism]].<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan called Muslims/Jews slaves and was offended by Jewish [[kosher]] eating practices and he forbade the Muslim halal method of butchering animals.<ref>Johan Elverskog (2010). Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road (illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 228. ISBN 0-8122-4237-8.</ref> Jews were forbidden to practice circumcision and eating kosher. Muslims slaughtered sheep according to Islamic practices in secret under Khan's reign over them.<ref>Michael Dillon (1999). China's Muslim Hui community: migration, settlement and sects. Richmond: Curzon Press. p. 24. ISBN 0-7007-1026-4.</ref>   

Genghis Khan had six Mongolian wives and he established a large harem. Research indicates that he may have fathered thousands of children and it is theorized that 1 in 200 men alive today can trace their lineage to Genghis Khan.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-456789/Genghis-Khan-The-daddy-lovers.html Genghis Khan: The daddy of all lovers], Daily Mail</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htEXmRHjf5s BBC Genghis Khan]</ref>  

Genghis Khan had six Mongolian wives and he established a large harem. Research indicates that he may have fathered thousands of children and it is theorized that 1 in 200 men alive today can trace their lineage to Genghis Khan.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-456789/Genghis-Khan-The-daddy-lovers.html Genghis Khan: The daddy of all lovers], Daily Mail</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htEXmRHjf5s BBC Genghis Khan]</ref>  

Khan had one [[Christianity|Christian]] wife and according to Jack Weatherford's book ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'', Khan “favored Christian spouses for his children and deliberately chose them because he thought they would make good parents for his grandchildren”.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan's children who married [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] Christian spouses practiced a [[syncretism|syncretistic]] religious life and attempted to practice both  Nestorian Christianity and Shamanism.<ref>[https://www.historyonthenet.com/mongol-empire-and-religious-freedom/ Mongol Empire and Religious Freedom], historyonthenet.com </ref>

Khan had one [[Christianity|Christian]] wife and according to Jack Weatherford's book ''Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'', Khan “favored Christian spouses for his children and deliberately chose them because he thought they would make good parents for his grandchildren”.<ref>[https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/genghis-khan-and-the-quest-for-god/ Did Genghis Khan Invent Religious Freedom?], The Gospel Coalition</ref> Khan's children who married [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]] Christian spouses practiced a [[syncretism|syncretistic]] religious life and attempted to practice both  Nestorian Christianity and Shamanism.<ref>[https://www.historyonthenet.com/mongol-empire-and-religious-freedom/ Mongol Empire and Religious Freedom], historyonthenet.com </ref>