(March 16, 2014 at 4:56 pm)Rayaan Wrote:(March 16, 2014 at 4:37 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Interesting admonition for a group which stormed out of Arabia and attacked everyone in sight, isn't it? Perhaps they weren't "True Muslims?"
Muslims stormed out of Arabia only to preach the religion, not to attack. And they established peace treaties as well.
Um...that's horseshit, Rayaan. I hope you're joking.
Quote:Rashidun army crossing the Egyptian border
Pyramids of Gizah.
In December 639 'Amr ibn al-'As left for Egypt with a force of 4,000 troops. Most of the soldiers belonged to the Arab tribe of 'Ak, although Al-Kindi mentions that one third of the soldiers belonged to the Arab tribe of Ghafik. The Arab soldiers were also joined by some Roman and Persian converts to Islam. However, 'Umar, the Muslim caliph, reconsidered his orders to Amr, thinking it foolhardy to expect to conquer such a large country as Egypt with a mere 4,000 soldiers. Accordingly, he wrote a letter to 'Amr commanding him to come back.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_Egypt
