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    Represented By Szabul Student’s Islamic Council (SSIC)

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    WAS ISLAM SPREAD BY THE SWORD?


    Question:
    How can Islam be called the religion of peace when it was spread by the sword?
    Answer:
    It is a common complaint among some non-Muslims and Muslims (Secular,
    Liberal etc etc.)that Islam would not have millions of adherents all over the world,
    if it had not been spread by the use of force. The following points will make it
    clear, that far from being spread by the sword, it was the inherent force of truth,
    reason and logic that was responsible for the rapid spread of Islam.
    1. Islam means peace
    Islam comes from the root word ‘salm’ or ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also
    derived from the root word ‘silm’, which means submitting one’s will to Allah
    (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is acquired by submitting one’s will
    to the will of the Supreme Creator, Allah (swt).
    2. Sometimes force has to be used to maintain peace
    Each and every human being in this world is not in favour of maintaining peace
    and harmony. There are many, who would disrupt it for their own vested
    interests. Sometimes force has to be used to maintain peace. It is precisely for
    this reason that we have the police who use force against criminals and anti-social
    elements to maintain peace in the country. Islam promotes peace. At the same
    time, Islam exhorts its followers to fight where there is oppression. The fight
    against oppression may, at times, require the use of force. In Islam, force can only
    be used to promote peace and justice.
    3. Opinion of historian De Lacy O’Leary
    The best reply to the misconception that Islam was spread by the sword is given
    by the noted historian De Lacy O’Leary in the book “Islam at the Crossroads”
    (Page 8):

    “History makes it clear however, that the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping
    through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword upon conquered

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    races is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever
    repeated.”
    4. Muslims ruled Spain for 800 years
    Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. The Muslims in Spain never used the
    sword to force the people to convert. Later the Christian Crusaders came to Spain
    and wiped out the Muslims. There was not a single Muslim in Spain who could
    openly give the adhaan that is the call for prayers.
    5. 9 million Arabs are Coptic Christians
    Muslims were the lords of Arabia for 1400 years. For a few years the British ruled,
    and for a few years the French ruled. Overall, the Muslims ruled Arabia for 1400
    years. Yet today, there are 9 million Arabs who are Coptic Christians i.e. Christians
    since generations. If the Muslims had used the sword there would not have been
    a single Arab who would have remained a Christian.
    6. More than 80% non-Muslims in India
    The Muslims ruled India for about a thousand years. If they wanted, they had the
    power of converting each and every non-Muslim of India to Islam. Today more
    than 80% of the population of India are non-Muslims. All these nonMuslim
    Indians are bearing witness today that Islam was not spread by the sword.
    7. Indonesia and Malaysia
    Indonesia is a country that has the maximum number of Muslims in the world.
    The majority of people in Malaysia are Muslims. May one ask, “Which Muslim
    army went to Indonesia and Malaysia?”
    8. East Coast of Africa
    Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East Coast of Africa. One may again ask,
    if Islam was spread by the sword, “Which Muslim army went to the East Coast of
    Africa?”
    9. Thomas Carlyle
    The famous historian, Thomas Carlyle, in his book “Heroes and Hero worship”,
    refers to this misconception about Islam being spread by the sword: “The sword
    indeed, but where will you get your sword? Every new opinion, at its starting is
    precisely in a minority of one. In one man’s head alone. There it dwells as yet.

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    One man alone of the whole world believes it, there is one man against all men.
    That he takes a sword and tries to propagate with that, will do little for him. You
    must get your sword! On the whole, a thing will propagate itself as it can.”
    10. No compulsion in religion
    With which sword was Islam spread? Even if Muslims had it they could not use
    it to spread Islam because the Qur’an says in the following verse:

    “Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever
    rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold,
    that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.” [Al - Qur’an 2:256]

    11. Sword of the Intellect


    It is the sword of intellect. The sword that conquers the hearts and minds of
    people. The Qur’an says in Surah Al Nahl, Chapter 16 Verse 125:
    “Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue
    with them in ways that are best and most gracious...” [Al - Qur’an 16:125]

    12. Increase in the world religions from 1934 to 1984


    An article in Reader’s Digest ‘Almanac’, yearbook 1984, gave the statistics of the
    increase of percentage of the major religions of the world in half a century from
    1934 to 1984. This article also appeared in ‘The Plain Truth’ magazine. At the top
    was Islam, which increased by 235%, and Christianity had increased only by 47%.
    May one ask, which war took place in the 20th century which converted millions
    of people to Islam?
    13. Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe.
    Today the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The fastest growing
    religion in Europe is Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept
    Islam in such large numbers? Today the Media is attacking Islam saying that it
    subjugates the women. Do you know, out of those accepting Islam in America
    and Europe, 2/3rd of them are women. If Islam subjugates the women, why are

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    the American women, why are the European women accepting Islam? Who is
    forcing them?

    14. Dr Joseph Adam Pearson.


    Dr Joseph Adam Pearson rightly says, “People who worry that nuclear weaponry
    will one day fall in the hands of the Arabs, fail to realize that the Islamic bomb (the
    bomb of Peace) has been dropped already, it fell the day MUHAMMAD (pbuh)
    was born.”

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