Originally posted by Zagros
It was through Persian and Moghul traders. the only
country not to be under muslim imperial dominance that converted on its
own accord. |
In 1138 island of Maldives king converted to Islam,as some traders Persian and mainly Arabs told him about their faith
Such is the case with Brunei,
Malays were converted starting from Ibn Batura 1300''s all the way untill 1500''s by traders from Mellaca.
Now there are countries like Senegal,Mali,great kingdom of Mali which
were converted peacefully.Only greater Jihad started in 18 centUry
untill 19 to fight neocolonialism especially Livingstone,Stanley
penetration into Africa,and growing influence of Christianity in
Zambezi region.Islam was spread by sword all the way untill
Hindukush,but Christianity under Pizzaro was same and what Christians
did to Paghans in Europe was also as brutal.Persians could remain
Zoroastran and i dont mind if they were still Zoroastran.But as Islam
has many qualities with older Persian religion,starting from Cyrus so
people gradually accepted Islam.In Quran you have verse where (PBuh) is
cursing some paghan beduins and why they didnt accept Islam then.In
some 400 year period Vandals,Berberians or just Berbers in Maghreb
contverted to Islam,mainly peacefully.
Yes,Islam wasnt all peace in India,perhaps because of polytheistic
teaching of HInduism and some like Shah Jahan,Aurangazeb were
quite brutal to indigenous population,mainly HIndus.But what about
kingdom oF Aztecas,Pizzaro,what about those hundreds of thousands
slaves of the new world and forced conversion.Islam converted mainly
peacefully 80% ,20% WAS FORCE,as many country were never Islamic during
Caliphate,and now are.So,yes and no
If you wanna know some more,just ask me
Good old Jack knows everything