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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sailani" data-source="post: 6868021" data-attributes="member: 228334">Indeed He Muhammed PBUH was using a sword we accept but the purpose behind that is self-defense or safeguard muslims lives & properties. Tell me which army went to Indonesia & Maldives to spread Islam previously these two countries were practicing buddhism . today Indonesia is the highest muslim populated country in the world. Al Hamduliilah. American historian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ira_Lapidus&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Ira Lapidus</a> points towards "interwoven terms of political and economic benefits and of a sophisticated culture and religion" as appealing to the masses.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam#cite_note-Lapidus_1-9#cite_note-Lapidus_1-9" target="_blank">[10]</a> He writes that :"The question of why people convert to Islam has always generated intense feeling. Earlier generations of European scholars believed that conversions to Islam were made at the point of the sword, and that conquered peoples were given the choice of conversion or death. It is now apparent that conversion by force, while not unknown in Muslim countries, was, in fact, rare. Muslim conquerors ordinarily wished to dominate rather than convert, and most conversions to Islam were voluntary. (...) In most cases worldly and spiritual motives for conversion blended together. Moreover, conversion to Islam did not necessarily imply a complete turning from an old to a totally new life. While it entailed the acceptance of new religious beliefs and membership in a new religious community, most converts retained a deep attachment to the cultures and communities from which they came."<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam#cite_note-Lapidus_1-9#cite_note-Lapidus_1-9" target="_blank">[10]</a>  The orientalist Thomas Arnold wrote his book The Preaching of Islam with the aim of killing off the spirit of jihad among the Muslims and proving that Islam was not spread by the sword, rather that it spread by means of peaceful preaching, free from any use of force.   Robert Bean says: The Muslims conquered the entire world before and they could do it again. Can you please tell us which army came to Sri Lanka to spread Islam ????????  <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /></blockquote>

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