ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
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ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
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ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
Many haters try to present Islam as the religion of violence. They try to say that it was spread with the sword, and say that Muslims love violence. In fact, this is nothing but a bunch of lies that were and being fabricated by enemies of Justice and enemies of religions.
ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
* Like all religions, Islam had many supporters and fans who converted to it soon after Prophet Mohammed started to call for it. This is very realistic, for Islam called for equality between men and women, black and white, rich and poor... Perhaps this was one of the main reasons why the Poor were the first to convert to it, for it respected them and valued them as humans equal to their "masters."
*Islam came out between people who berried infant females, who were ashamed of women, forgetting that their own mothers are thus. Therefore, this was another reason for women and for those who had conscience to convert to Islam that spread quickly around the region.
*Islam came out between people who berried infant females, who were ashamed of women, forgetting that their own mothers are thus. Therefore, this was another reason for women and for those who had conscience to convert to Islam that spread quickly around the region.
ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
That was to the area where Prophet Mohammed was born, so what about the other areas? *In what is today known as "Lebanon,” there was a knowledgeable man who worshipped idols. Once upon a time, this man, Abu Thar El-Ghafari, went to cut trees from the forest. There, he placed his idol aside, and placed the bowl of milk beside it to eat (it might get hungry), as El-Ghafari was taking a break underneath the tree, he looked at his Idol to find a little fox beside it. This fox drank the milk and pooped on the Idol, before it walked away shaking its tail with contentment. At that point, El-Ghafari wondered "How could I worship an Idol that can not protect itself? How could this helpless 'god' help me if it can not defend itself in the first place?" Therefore, he decided to visit Prophet Mohammed whom he had heard about and heard about his new religion. *After his visit to Prophet Mohammed, El-Ghafari believed in Mohammed's mission and converted to Islam. El-Ghafari went back to "Lebanon," where he called for Islam that quickly spread in the entire region.
ISLAMIC EXPANSSIONISM
How about Indonesia? *Indonesia is one of the countries that confused and is still confusing many around the world. Muslims used to travel around the world to sell their goods (trade). One of these countries that they use to visit was, Indonesia, where these Muslims use to call for Islam there, pray while they are around Indonesians... On time, many Indonesians converted to Islam, and the number kept increasing until this country became the largest Islamic country in the world. *In some other countries, Islam spread differently, for sometimes, certain tribes attacked Muslims in their land, while others attacked Muslims every time they passed somewhere close to them. Therefore, Muslims were forced to defend themselves, and every time they won a battle, they entered the land and called for Islam there. They never forced anybody to become Muslim, for Islam strictly prohibits forcing any religion on anybody (The Koran, AL-BAQARA [THE COW], 002.256). Furthermore, ones who do not believe, do not convert, for you might be able to change what is on one's mouth, but never what is in his/her heart, and thus, religions are impossible to be forced on anybody. *Worth to mention that when Prophet Mohammed reentered Maka with a huge army and without facing any resistance; he asked its people, who had kicked Muslims out of it, killed many of them and had tried to kill him (Prophet Mohammed) “What do you see me doing with you?”Their known straight forward response was “We knew you not other than a generous brother!”Here came his impressive response“Go, you are all free!” *It would also be necessary to point-out another thing. Some say that though it is true that Prophet Mohammed gave non-Muslims right of free religion, but he forced them to pay fine (Jezia) to stay in the Islamic territory. Indeed, this is true, but unlike what some try to present this as an evil thing, it was actually no other than taxes that all people had to pay. Muslims had to pay it as Charity (Zakat and Khoms), while non-Muslims had to pay it as fine. Obviously non-Muslims were not going to pay Zakat and Khoms, and thus, they had to pay their taxes some how. Also, necessary to indicate that these taxes were used for public services, including providing help to those who needed it from both Muslims and non-Muslims. *Now, this is not denying that there were some bad "Islamic" leaders who waged wars and used violence. Those definitely existed, but and so did they between every people and in every religion. Crusades, for example, were those not using force to spread "Christianity?" We are writing Christianity between quotations, because those who use violence are not real Christians, because Christianity calls for love, not for violence. The same applies in Islam. Those who used violence were not Muslims, but were criminals who were using Islam to achieve their own goals.
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