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Did islam spread fast or slow?

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Islam spread in the Middle East, Africa, some part of Europe and in some parts of Asia as well as in far unfurled countries like Indonesia, Malaysia etc. and it spread so quickly when companions of Prophet (PBUH), (Sahabas) conquered those lands and after conquering they did justice well with local people and preached them well and as a result most of the people of those regions reverted to Islam due to the just and kind behavior of Muslim rulers. Moreover, it was the power of Islamic faith which attracted non-muslims to gain shelter in Islam and still today Islam is the fastest spreading religion in the world today.

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Islam spread so fast for many reasons. Most of important of them are:

  1. Islam is a true and logic God religion. It is the religion and mission of all God prophets to humanity since Adam, through Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Them All), that calls for worship Allah (God in English) as the one and only one God with no partner, no son, no companion, no associate, and no equivalence.
  2. Islam calls for justice among all people irrelevant to their beliefs, colors, or social classes
  3. Islam calls for practicing good morals
  4. Islam honors human free will of choice and thinking
  5. Islam is against racism and discrimination based on color, culture, gender, or anything else except piety.
  6. Quran, Muslims holy book, is authentic as true God words without single letter change
  7. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is a true human model of good conduct. character, and leader in all aspects of human life.
  8. Quran scientific miracles had been validated only with current scientific discoveries and achievements.
  9. The Islamic principles control all aspects of human life in a way that lead to both individual benefits and society benefits in a wonderful balance
  10. Muslim traders who were traveling every where and demonstrating the good morals and principles of Islam
  11. The deviations of former religions from the main call of all God prophets to worship God (Allah) as one and only one God without a partner, son, father, partner, or companion.

Some claim that Islam was spread by war or by sword. This is a false argument for many reasons. One of these reasons is that the Muslim country of the biggest population is Indonesia while Muslims never invaded Indonesia. The claim that Islam spread by war or by sword is a false claim and is a lie propagated by enemies of Islam. For more information on this refer to related questions below.

Answer 3

Where did Islam spread: Islam spread across the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and to the edge of the Indian Subcontinent during the Umayyad Period. It expanded beyond that to West Africa, East Africa, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as much of Southeastern Europe, and the Indian Subcontinent.

How did Islam spread so quickly: Islam spread quickly due to a number of factors. It is notable that although there are a few occurrences of Muslims carrying out the "Convert or Die" scenario, this is not the most common reason for Islam's expansion both in terms of territory and belief. It is also important to note that just because the religion of Islam spread by peaceful means, does not mean that the territorial expansion of Islamic Empires also occurred by peaceful means. No Empire has ever acquired more territory by just asking for it (except perhaps the Nazis with Sudetenland).

1) Arabia - What's that?: Prior to Mohammed, Arabia had been seen as a cultural and political backwater barely worth notice and therefore Mohammed's consolidation of the Arab Tribes was not seriously considered by the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires. This lead to a very porous southern defense and miscalculation of the Islamic Armies.

2) Byzantine-Sassanian Wars: Since the Byzantines and Sassanians considered each other the only real civilizations in the region, they fought each other numerous times in the early 600s C.E. over control of what is today East Turkey and Iraq. These were intense religious wars (Christian vs. Zoroastrian) and greatly weakened both empires at just the wrong time.

3) Tribal Command Structure: Arab Tribes and warriors owed their loyalty to their Sheikhs and leaders without fault because the Sheikh provided each person with all of the amenities and protection necessary to live a full life. Whenever the Arabs went to war, the Sheikhs could count on the ability to muster their tribesmen as soldiers without issue.

4) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.

5) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).

6) Warfare: The leaders charged with expanding the influence of Islam were thoughtful and diligent military leaders. Caliph 'Omar, who conquered much of the Levant, Egypt, Persia, and Iraq was well-known as a strategist and a fighter. It was this knowledge of warfare that allowed Muslim forces to expand the territory's influence.

7) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions.

8) Commerce: Islam, like most religions, spread also through peaceful means of commerce and education whereby non-Muslims learned of the faith and adopted as their own amidst business dealings with Muslims.

A small hint:

The concept of "convert or die" is against Islam and Quran teachings and I don't believe that anyone practiced it. It could some claims of non Muslims who are attacking Islam without any justification. Quran says in many verses that no compulsion in religion. As an example Quran says:

"There shall be no compulsion in religion; the right way has become distinct from the wrong way. Whoever renounces evil and believes in God has grasped the most trustworthy handle; which does not break. God is Hearing and Knowing. " (2:256).

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The other point is that the Romanian empire was not following Christianity but when the emperor converted to Christianity (and he was considered as their God),

the people whoi are following him converted automatically to Christianity.

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Islam spread rather quickly at its onset.

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