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Was Islam spread by the sword?
No.
For example:
Spread of Islam in Liberia:
Charles Taylor[edit]
President Charles Taylor promulgated Islam for political reasons. Taylor, an ally of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, trained in Libya before returning to Liberia. Taylor's government sent 220 Muslims to Mecca to do Hajj in 2001 and gave the Liberia Muslim's council a prominent building in Monrovia and the designation of two hours of national broadcasting weekly for Islam-related programming.
Destruction of Mosques[edit]
A consequence of the civil war in Liberia was destruction of religious buildings, schools and places of worship across the country. In both the city and towns in urban and rural areas, government and opposition rebel forces destroyed numerous mosques belonging to Liberian Muslims from what government considered enemy ethnic groups.
Several massacres were also committed near mosques and schools. One of the most well known barbaric and gruesome was the Bakerdu Massacre in the mainly Mandingo/Muslim Quardu Gboni District Lofa County on July 12, 1990. Over 400 civilians were killed and later burned alive by Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL).
Destroyed buildings still stand on uneven foundations, raddled with bullet holes, demolished walls or simply blasted to skeletal buildings. Such destruction not only led to many faithful followers fleeing their hometowns, cities and villages for refugee camps in Sierra Leone, Ghana and other neighboring countries but also remorselessly destroyed an Islamic architecture that represented the blend between traditional Liberian, West African and Arab architectural design and influences.
In recent years Diaspora Liberians abroad who practice Islam and Liberians in Liberia have participated in joint projects to rebuild and finance the reconstruction of mosques in many towns in the countryside.
2000s[edit]
Countries such as Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, etc. have created Diplomatic relations with Liberia. Islamic organizations provide help to Liberian Muslims wanting to go on Hajj to Mecca. Laurence K. Bropleh, Liberia's Information Minister and a reverend, attended as a guest speaker.
Minister Bropleh called on the nation's legislature to designate non-Christian holidays as national holidays, specifically Hajj. He also suggested establishing a religious advisory board, representing all of the major religions practiced in Liberia, to advise the President. Methodist leaders condemned Bropleh's comments and accused him of fueling inter-religious tension.[5]
Islam in Liberia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I don't see any sword in spread of Islam in Liberia.
Do you see any? Please
Regards
The desperation to white-wash the spread of Islam is very telling... in the face of history and reality. I particularly liked the spin on the spread of Islam to India. One gets the distinct impression that there was no genocidal rampage that took the lives of upwards of 60,000,000 Indians. No doubt that was due to the actions of misunderstanders of Islam...The fact that islam spread peacefully in some cases does not refute that it was spread by conquest in others.
Of course the doctrines between faiths are not identical. I though that went without saying. However with Christianity (even having a huge split between Catholicism and Protestantism) 90% of us agree with each other on 90% of the doctrinal issues. I was not replying to anything specific you said but in general. There is far more differences in the was a faith is acted upon (religion) that the doctrines it is founded upon (theology) but of course there are exceptions. My point was not to confuse what men do with what God said.Not all doctrine is monolithic. Sure many schools of theology share common core values be it Jesus, Muhammad, a text, collection of text, etc. However it is the doctrine of the current system at the time which should be addressed for each case. Catholic doctrine is not Protestant doctrine. So to apply Catholic doctrine to all of Christianity is a mistake. Likewise Ash'ari doctrine is not Sufism so should not be applied to a period in which is was not the dominate in an area.
You would be hard pressed to reconcile the most central of claims for example: Jesus died on the cross for the sins of mankind and Jesus did not die on the cross it only appeared he had. You can't reconcile mutually exclusive claims to he truth. Despite some who wishfully think differently the Bible and Quran are mutually exclusive texts. Both can be wrong but no more than one right in it's core doctrines. That does not keep me from peacefully living with Muslims but it does make our doctrines incompatible.I have been looking into history of different areas in which both Christian and Muslim influence were side by side. Such is the case of Spain. European history during this period are very Christian and Eurocentric. Likewise the same is true for history from Muslim sources. Reading both sides I feel one could find a middle-ground between history and the interpretation of history from various points of view. Only in modern times are historian reevaluating sources for bias or blunt propaganda in the support of a cause.
As I have said it is not primarily men I debate or defend. It is the text and the ultimate source of the work ie...God. May Muslims are more moral than Christians, some Atheists are more moral than some of each, and vice versa. I am not comparing men against each but the ides against each which they act on. The over 100 open ended verses in the Quran justifying violence and the lack of a single verse in the OT concerning open ended violence, and no verse justifying violence of any kind in the NT is what I am pointing out, and the acts of men using these verses as motivation is just an example not the premise. Islam is bad and occasionally does good, Christianity is good but occasionally does bad.For example why did Timur enslave so many people even other Muslims. To lay blame at Islam's feet as a whole is a mistake. One should look at what was the dominate form of Islam he was influenced by how did this form come to dominance, what external/internal influenced this version. After all Timur is a hero and villain depending on who you ask or what sources you read.
You need to get away from American natives as you have not studied them apparently. As I told you, and your terrible source even explained it was disease that killed 90% of American Indians, of the 10% left other Indians killed most of them once the Europeans upset the balance of power. Cortez had less than a thousand Spanish with him but he had tens of thousand of natives who had been oppressed by the Aztecs and who wanted revenge. The numbers that Europeans directly killed in warfare is almost negligible even though it took place in a time where weapons were far more advanced than in Islam's India massacre. American Indians almost all died out because of disease but they still exist in huge numbers, and I am one. Unlike Islam in India the US granted them land, billions of dollars, and even land not in US Jurisdictions. Islam just started killing them again the first chance they got after Gandhi pushed the English out of India.If Indians were forced to Islam and were genocide then how come that Hindus does exist and the population of India is 1.3 billion whereas the red Indian disappeared from north America and your reason that they died because of diseases is a silly one.
Martin Luther King was not a historian of any kind. However when he laid down his promissory note of freedom it was written by Thomas Jefferson. The events he does not know anything about took place hundreds of years before the US existed and were not done by any one nation of faith but were simply the effect of one group running up against another and radically different group. Mostly it was disease but even the military actions can't be pinned on one group. The Spanish did some, The English did some, The Dutch did some, refuges from Ireland did some, other Indians did more than any one group I mentioned, plus dozens of other of disconnected groups. A genocide is one group wiping out another for cultural or racial reasons. Here you have a few dozen groups fighting against a few hundred groups on the other side that were fighting each other. There is no comparison, not on any level, in any way, at any time. I will give you one example: The Sioux are the typical plains Indian. They had not been here for hundreds of years like ignorant people without historical backgrounds think. They came out of Canada about hundreds years before whites landed in Virginia. They killed at least 6 peaceful agriculturally based tribes of their own Indian brothers and took their. There were no treaties, no asking permission, they simply butchered them and took the land, they offered nothing for it, issued no apologies, and gave no reparations. When Gold was discovered in the land they had killed their neighbors to take we offered them millions just for rights to build a road. They said no and started attacking settlers. The army whipped them and too the land except for giving each several acres to farm on. They later gave them hundreds of millions for the land they had not acquired peacefully in the first place. They refused to farm so we spent millions feeding them, gave them money for or guilt schools and hospitals, etc..... That exact pattern was repeated all over the US. Both sides were at times wrong but Europeans had far fewer of them. However you could add up all the wrongs done by either side in Canada, the US, and South America multiply them all by 10 and they would not equal just what Islam did in Indian.Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even before there were large numbers of Negroes on our shore, the scar of racial hatred had already disfigured colonial society. From the sixteenth century forward, blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population. Moreover, we elevated that tragic experience into a noble crusade. Indeed, even today we have not permitted ourselves to reject or feel remorse for this shameful episode. Our literature, our films, our drama, our folklore all exalt it. Our children are still taught to respect the violence which reduced a red-skinned people of an earlier culture into a few fragmented groups herded into impoverished reservations.
Martin Luther Kind was a good man and smart but he was a terrible historian.― Martin Luther King Jr.
Reference : Quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:
Nothing about there still being Hindus around is evidence that the well known genocide of hundreds of millions did not take place. What are you talking about? There was over a billion Hindus to begin with, Even if you killed off 300 million of them a few hundred years ago they would have easily grown past a billion again.And Hindus is still a major religion in India and their population is similar to China and they were genocide by Muslims.:sarcastic
On the exacts same basis you have any confidence in any thing about him. I used the same sources in most cases that are used to validate things about him. Islam accepts about 80% of the sources I used.What evidences you have which prove that the stories were correct and not falsified, even though it says Mohammed said so and so or his friend said so and so, how can you know it is a real story, why not accepting the stories which say Mohammed is prophet of God, why you accept one story and reject the other.
If I am jogging along at no special pace in particular and the people around me started walking does that mean I have done anything special? Especially when those same people start sprinting leaving me in the dust and are soon out of site and I never catch up with them to this day.The fact remains that Islam was in the golden age at the time Europe were in the Dark ages
No, it is due to my refusal to accept unscholarly made up excuses for why these verse mean the exact opposite of they say. I read the context around the verses, the historical context, the commentaries, etc..... not u-tube.That is due to your ignorance about Islam and the quran.
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atheist of Jewish descent to defend the Qur'an Lesley Hazleton.flv - YouTube
That was the very post I was referring to, paarsurrey. Your desperation is noted.@Looncall
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Please read my following post:
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/3881113-post512.html
Regards
Hi everyone. Some people say that Islam was spread by the sword. Others say that it was not. The Koran says that there is to be no compulsion in religion so it would seem that Islam's sacred text would condone religious freedom. But was this really the case historically? Here is the reference from the Koran which I am referring to.
Of course the doctrines between faiths are not identical. I though that went without saying. However with Christianity (even having a huge split between Catholicism and Protestantism) 90% of us agree with each other on 90% of the doctrinal issues. I was not replying to anything specific you said but in general. There is far more differences in the was a faith is acted upon (religion) that the doctrines it is founded upon (theology) but of course there are exceptions. My point was not to confuse what men do with what God said.
You would be hard pressed to reconcile the most central of claims for example: Jesus died on the cross for the sins of mankind and Jesus did not die on the cross it only appeared he had. You can't reconcile mutually exclusive claims to he truth. Despite some who wishfully think differently the Bible and Quran are mutually exclusive texts. Both can be wrong but no more than one right in it's core doctrines. That does not keep me from peacefully living with Muslims but it does make our doctrines incompatible.
As I have said it is not primarily men I debate or defend. It is the text and the ultimate source of the work ie...God. May Muslims are more moral than Christians, some Atheists are more moral than some of each, and vice versa. I am not comparing men against each but the ides against each which they act on. The over 100 open ended verses in the Quran justifying violence and the lack of a single verse in the OT concerning open ended violence, and no verse justifying violence of any kind in the NT is what I am pointing out, and the acts of men using these verses as motivation is just an example not the premise. Islam is bad and occasionally does good, Christianity is good but occasionally does bad.
That's what we need, more division. Just kidding. I do not recall mentioning all protestant beliefs are accepted by all Christians. I think I said 90% of us believe 90% of the same thing. Given the massive amount of extremely divisive material in the bible it is a wonder that many agree. However certain core tenants are true of mainstream Christianity and some are not. Beyond that I fear to tread and do not recall having done so. Not one verse in the NT in any interpretation I have ever seen authorizes violence or oppressions of anyone for any reason. It just is not there in any form. However the Quran has hundreds of verses that are open ended calls to generalized violence. Interpretation might soften them or harden them but unlike the bible they are there in black and white, and what's more they abrogate earlier peaceful which were more convenient when Muhammad was outnumbered. You can rationalize the Quran if desperate but the NT does not have anything in need of doing so to begin with.Yes that is true but there are major difference especially when it comes to the Church itself. However my point is one should not just label the acts of a Protestant as accepted by any/all Christians. I am just adding another divide. God -> Text -> Interpretation -> Doctrine -> Men. The same is true for Islam. However there is little in the NT which supports outright violence towards others let alone oppression.
Islam is definitely an earthy system. The OT involves an earthly system but it relational structure is not of this earth. Before it can commence every aspect of this pathetic world is eradicated to make all things new.I was not attempting to reconciles Islam and Christianity. Despite sharing some common values the ideological divides are too great. Political Christianity is in revelations and the OT(outdated) while Islam provides a political system from the start.
That was my point and so far I have not seen anything that indicates I failed to do so.Both religions and the acts of individual/groups should be examined within the proper context. Hence why one should look at what the dominate interpretation is for each case, the system behind the interpretation and the "why" behind each. You have to keep in mind people will acceptt or reject different interpretation based on their own circumstances and will use the text to justify their acts. If you only impose your own interpretation on event this is just confirmation bias not a proper evaluation. After all there are many Christians which use the OT to justify their views. Likewise there are Muslims which use verses which contain violence to justify their own violent acts. The opposite is true for those which promote peaceful interaction of both religions.
I agree there are many verses in the OT that authorize violence against groups, for a time, and specific purpose and which are easily justifiable given God's purpose. I find the Quran's open ended, generalized, petty, and tuned to man's trivial desires. And available for use in almost any violent act at any time. If I wanted a Holy War I could find more justification in the Quran than any holy book I am aware of. We may have some details to hash out but in general I have no problem with your conclusions.There are a number of versse in the OT which at face value which support violence against out-group(s). As I said without looking at the context of such verses one could easily say use this basis to propagate any view they wish. I believe this has happened repeatedly for both sides of the discussion.
That's what we need, more division. Just kidding. I do not recall mentioning all protestant beliefs are accepted by all Christians. I think I said 90% of us believe 90% of the same thing. Given the massive amount of extremely divisive material in the bible it is a wonder that many agree. However certain core tenants are true of mainstream Christianity and some are not. Beyond that I fear to tread and do not recall having done so. Not one verse in the NT in any interpretation I have ever seen authorizes violence or oppressions of anyone for any reason. It just is not there in any form. However the Quran has hundreds of verses that are open ended calls to generalized violence. Interpretation might soften them or harden them but unlike the bible they are there in black and white, and what's more they abrogate earlier peaceful which were more convenient when Muhammad was outnumbered. You can rationalize the Quran if desperate but the NT does not have anything in need of doing so to begin with.
Islam is definitely an earthy system. The OT involves an earthly system but it relational structure is not of this earth. Before it can commence every aspect of this pathetic world is eradicated to make all things new.
That was my point and so far I have not seen anything that indicates I failed to do so.
I agree there are many verses in the OT that authorize violence against groups, for a time, and specific purpose and which are easily justifiable given God's purpose. I find the Quran's open ended, generalized, petty, and tuned to man's trivial desires. And available for use in almost any violent act at any time. If I wanted a Holy War I could find more justification in the Quran than any holy book I am aware of. We may have some details to hash out but in general I have no problem with your conclusions.
Hi everyone. Some people say that Islam was spread by the sword. Others say that it was not. The Koran says that there is to be no compulsion in religion so it would seem that Islam's sacred text would condone religious freedom. But was this really the case historically? Here is the reference from the Koran which I am referring to.
The effing Islamist haters are brain dead scum who found Naziism and Stalinism attractive enough to imitate its bloodthirsty craziness.
And, by the way, if some Muslim Arab movement doesn't take care of this garbage, Islam is going to be pretty much wiped off the face of the Earth.
I do believe you are mistaking my comments regarding Islamists - ISIS; ISI; Taliban; al Quada; Vilayat al Fiqh; Hamas; Hezbollah; Muslim Brotherhood; and thousands of other bloodthirsty mufsidun Islamists - to include "all Muslims."Way to extreme.
It is not either or.
I hate many aspects of the religion, and many people that follow it. But I also see the positive side and the good people through the mire.
It sucks there is a mire, but the fundamentalism of this religion is easily perverted by their own.
Again, to extreme. Neither helps nor educates.
Oddly, you sound almost as intolerant as the people you supposedly are vilifying.I do believe you are mistaking my comments regarding Islamists - ISIS; ISI; Taliban; al Quada; Vilayat al Fiqh; Hamas; Hezbollah; Muslim Brotherhood; and thousands of other bloodthirsty mufsidun Islamists - to include "all Muslims."
Not what I wrote.
Not what I meant.
And, yes, unless a MUSLIM/ ARAB force decides to take up arms against the crazies in the Name of Freedom and the Just Laws of G-d (Allah), Islam will be severely curtailed on this planet.
"mene mene tekel upharsin"
No.
Islam was not "spread by the sword."
Unlike today's modern mufsidun scumbag Islamists, there was no "convert or die" back in the good old days.
However, today's Islamic hirabah of head chopping and suicide blowing and Israel hating Muslim ********** is a new invented philosophy that has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with making stupid inadequate people feel important and smart.
Islam was the same as any other religion - you conquered and people came over to the side of the ruling party for all the good bennies.
Today - not so much.
The effing Islamist haters are brain dead scum who found Naziism and Stalinism attractive enough to imitate its bloodthirsty craziness.
And, by the way, if some Muslim Arab movement doesn't take care of this garbage, Islam is going to be pretty much wiped off the face of the Earth.
The rest of the world is going to be a bit less discriminating once the Stupid Muslims nuke each other or decide to Sarin Gas the Kurds....
Islam was not "spread by the sword."
Unlike today's modern mufsidun scumbag Islamists, there was no "convert or die" back in the good old days.