An often repeated but completely false charge is that Islam was spread by the sword. The Qur’an explicitly says that there is no compulsion in religion. Forcing someone to accept or to practice Islam is forbidden. Islam is to be spread through discussion, debate, reading (FROM MUSLIM SOURCES) and through the character and practices of Muslims. There have been many conquests by Muslims in history but none of these conquests were for the purpose of converting people to Islam. They were ignorable and abhorrent acts done by Muslims to gain power and wealth, but not to spread Islam. In fact, Muslims ruled Spain for 800 years. If Islam was spread by the sword, Spain would be a Muslim country, but the Muslims of that time were not interested in converts. They were interested in power. Arab Muslims were a part of the African slave trade. This was not to find new converts, but for wealth. Today more than half of Africa follows Islam, not because of the Muslim’s sword, but they found Islam to be true despite the actions of some Muslims. In Saudi Arabia today, they are over 1 million people who are generational Christians since before the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). If Islam was spread by the sword, they would not have been able to exist in a sea of Muslims. Indonesia, Africa, China, India, Britain and America have millions of Muslims living amongst them. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today. Which army persuaded these people to accept Islam? Islam is spread by the sword of truth.
An often repeated but completely false charge is that Islam was spread by the sword. The Qur’an explicitly says that there is no compulsion in religion. Forcing someone to accept or to practice Islam is forbidden. Islam is to be spread through discussion, debate, reading (FROM MUSLIM SOURCES) and through the character and practices of Muslims. There have been many conquests by Muslims in history but none of these conquests were for the purpose of converting people to Islam. They were ignorable and abhorrent acts done by Muslims to gain power and wealth, but not to spread Islam. In fact, Muslims ruled Spain for 800 years. If Islam was spread by the sword, Spain would be a Muslim country, but the Muslims of that time were not interested in converts. They were interested in power. Arab Muslims were a part of the African slave trade. This was not to find new converts, but for wealth. Today more than half of Africa follows Islam, not because of the Muslim’s sword, but they found Islam to be true despite the actions of some Muslims. In Saudi Arabia today, they are over 1 million people who are generational Christians since before the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). If Islam was spread by the sword, they would not have been able to exist in a sea of Muslims. Indonesia, Africa, China, India, Britain and America have millions of Muslims living amongst them. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today. Which army persuaded these people to accept Islam? Islam is spread by the sword of truth.