da - f é ▁in ▁Portugal ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 0 . ▁Like ▁the ▁Spanish ▁In quisition , ▁it ▁concentr ated ▁its ▁efforts ▁on ▁root ing ▁out ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁converted ▁from ▁other ▁faith s ▁( over wh el ming ly ▁J uda ism ) ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁ad here ▁to ▁the ▁strict ures ▁of ▁Catholic ▁orth odox y . ▁ ▁The ▁Portuguese ▁In quisition ▁expanded ▁its ▁scope ▁of ▁operations ▁from ▁ ▁Portugal ▁to ▁Portugal ' s ▁colonial ▁poss essions , ▁including ▁Brazil , ▁Cape ▁Ver de , ▁and ▁Go a ▁in ▁India , ▁where ▁it ▁continued ▁investig ating ▁and ▁trying ▁cases ▁based ▁on ▁supposed ▁bre aches ▁of ▁orth odox ▁Roman ▁Catholic ism ▁until ▁ 1 8 2 1 . ▁ ▁Under ▁John ▁III , ▁the ▁activity ▁of ▁the ▁courts ▁was ▁extended ▁to ▁the ▁c ensure ▁of ▁books , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁undert aking ▁cases ▁of ▁div ination , ▁w itch craft , ▁and ▁big amy . ▁Origin ally ▁aim ed ▁at ▁religious ▁matters , ▁the ▁In quisition ▁had ▁an ▁influence ▁on ▁almost ▁every ▁aspect ▁of ▁Portuguese ▁life ▁– ▁political , ▁cultural , ▁and ▁social . ▁ ▁In ▁Portuguese ▁India , ▁the ▁Go a ▁In quisition ▁also ▁turned ▁its ▁attention ▁to ▁Indian ▁converts ▁from ▁H indu ism ▁or ▁Islam ▁who ▁were ▁thought ▁to ▁have ▁returned ▁to ▁their ▁original ▁ways . ▁In ▁addition , ▁it ▁pro sec uted ▁H ind us ▁and ▁Muslim s ▁( non - con ver ts ) ▁who ▁broke ▁prohib itions ▁against ▁the ▁observ ance ▁of ▁H indu ▁or