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Message: <blockquote data-quote="saharaz" data-source="post: 2974171" data-attributes="member: 99166">Mahatma Ghandi in an interview with a Young Indian Newspaper said: "I wanted to know the characteristics of the man who possesses the hearts of millions of people, without any doubt. I became fully convinced that sword was not the mean by which Islam gained its positions and grounds. It was rather the simplicity of the Prophet, his truthfulness, promptness, dedication and devotion to his companions and followers, besides his unmatched courage and his unparalleled trust in His Lord; Allah the All Mighty, in addition to his full belief in his Mission and Message of Islam. These matters were the qualities and discriptions that paved the way and eased the difficulties, and not the sword." 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 ????????For more information : <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_of_Islam</a></blockquote>

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