@Mr. Talha, We should know that there are pious Ulama and impious Ulama. There are those of them who are not expert to deal with newly rising issues and resolve them in the light of Quran and Sunnah.
So when we use the word Ulama we should not take its general application to include all Ulama. Under the theme of this article we should say that there are Ulama who should take responsibility of resolving the issues of forced conversion as they are influential and effective for their audience.
The Ahadith that distort the message of the Quran are not accepted in classical scholarship. This is the basic teaching that a beginner of Islam must know.