as salam alykom Deen
may be u missed part of my previous post, I fully agree with u on the hadeeth of Jiahu nafs being the higher jihad, that I heard it is da`eef. However, again forget about Abunuran's post, read the Ayahs of Qital and the one Ayah I posted about Jihad, in which Allah Puts first Jihad with money then with our souls.
Radiyah, sorry I dont agree that US was the solution to protect MUSLIM land, yes Saddam was doing all that. But Muslims should have faced it themselves.
Any way this could really get off topic and toooo political.
As far as Islam how did it spread:
http://www.islamsms.com/bb/index.php?showtopic=1919&hl=
Look at Lifutushi's post here