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Was the Expansion of Islam due Primarily to the Message rather than the Means?
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Answer 1: Means over Message
The military expansion of the Islamic Caliphates in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia was what led to the creation of the merchants and missionaries that arrived in areas not directly conquered by those Caliphates. Then once Islamic beachheads had been established through trade, indigenous Islamic countries would be erected in those areas (East Africa, Indonesia/Malaysia, West Africa, etc.). Within the Islamic Empires, there was incredible pressure to convert to Islam, such as legal inequality between Muslims and Non-Muslims, excessive taxation of Non-Muslims, certain dress requirements for Non-Muslims, etc. resulting in numerous conversions for legal and economic benefits as opposed to honest belief. Of course, we will never know how many people converted because of pressure and how many converted due to the message, but I would be dubious of any claim that held that more converted by message than by means.
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Yes Muhammed (SAW)
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