09-17-2004, 09:25 PM
Quote: Just spreading the good word at the point of a sword.
Another one who is influenced by the media rather than being an independant thinker.
Islam was spread, but this was to spread the authority of Islam...
<i><b>“It is He Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the Deen of Truth, to dominate over all other Deens, even though the Mushrikeen may detest (it)” </b></i>[TMQ Al-Tawbah: 33].
BUT, no people were forced to become muslims...
<i><b>“Let there be no compulsion in Deen”</b></i> [TMQ Al-Baqarah: 256].
So you have to make a distinction before commenting without knowledge. It's funny how non-muslims become scholars and professors in ISLAMIC history when this type of subject is mentioned!
If muslims were forced to believe by the sword, why are so many muslims willing to sacrifice for Islam? Where would the conviction lie???
Compare colonialism (which is on-going today but via a different face) which was spread by force, wherever the colonialists went the people resented them even til this day...India, Morrocco, Algeria, West Indies etc. etc. etc.
Compare communism (which was spread via anarchy and force and no surprise it is dead today), soon as communism was destroyed /defeated, the people abandoned it and became capitalists.
The former communist states where muslims lived such as Albania etc. religion was harshly abused and restricted but the people still never left their belief. If they were forced to become muslims by the point of the sword then why are they/we still muslims???
We should be glad Islam spread the way Rasool (saw) ordered it to be spread, as it liberated us (you should try it some time) to use our ration, otherwise we would still be worshipping the sun, cows or even our private parts!!
PS - Thought is passing judgement upon the reality and using previous information...one should study the reality and then make a judgement upon it. If one does not know the reality and has low level information then this leads to the generation of shallow thought. Hence, the attack on Islam which we muslims are fully accustomed to will continue as it did 1400 years back.