If Islam is a religion of peace why did it expand through military conquests?
January 17, 2014 at 9:45 am
The vast majority Muslims seem perfectly peaceful to me but historically wasn't Islam as a faith a little bit warlike to begin with? You have all this land being conquered and major battle sites on the map here.
How do reconcile this aspect of the Islam with the principal that it was founded on the ideals of peace? If it was peaceful to begin with why didn't spread peacefully? Why didn't people just convert over to it on hearing how good and appealing it was as a true peace loving faith?
How do reconcile this aspect of the Islam with the principal that it was founded on the ideals of peace? If it was peaceful to begin with why didn't spread peacefully? Why didn't people just convert over to it on hearing how good and appealing it was as a true peace loving faith?
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