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“Islam spread by the sword!” This statement is often repeated, but is it accurate? Watch the video to explore how Islam spread throughout the world.

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00:00 Did Islam Spread by the Sword? Based on an article by Hassan Munir Islam Spread by the Sword. This statement is often repeated to further the idea that

00:11 Muslims follow an inherently violent and barbaric faith. But is it accurate? Historians have discredited the claim that the prevalence of Islam in the world today

00:21 is a result of forced conversion. How else would Islam have spread so far and wide? Why would so many people adopt Islam if they were not coerced into it?

00:33 Five prominent factors can explain how non-Muslims were exposed to the spread of Islam and three factors explain why many non-Muslims came to embrace Islam worldwide.

00:44 One, Dawah. The act of inviting others to engage with the message of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said about spreading the message,

00:55 Be tolerant, not harsh, spread the word, and do not alienate them. Following in this tradition, Muslims have given Dawah in different ways everywhere they have gone.

01:07 Dawah has been the most important factor in the spread of Islam. Two, Trade. Muslim merchants traveling the most important trade routes introduced non-Muslims to their beliefs, values, and ways of life.

01:20 Three, Migration. Wherever Muslims went, whether as slaves, refugees, or voluntary migrants, they brought their embodied knowledge of Islam with them.

01:32 Four, Influencers. Social, political, and or personal influencers' conversions to Islam drew their followers, admirers, and subjects closer to Islam. One example of an influencer spreading

01:45 the message of Islam is the famous Chinese Muslim admiral, Cheng Ho, who during his journeys established mosques throughout Southeast Asia, especially on the island of Java.

01:57 Today, there are over 100 million Javanese Muslims. Five, Intermarriage. Conversion to Islam through intermarriage established many Muslim communities.

02:10 Most converts to Islam via marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims have been women. Now we know how the message of Islam spread, but why was it accepted? What about Islam made

02:20 people embrace a new faith? We've identified three of the motivations that were arguably most prominent. One, Islam's emphasis on justice. Islam's promise of changing economic, social,

02:34 and spiritual realities and of giving the same status to people regardless of their race, wealth, or gender held wide appeal, especially for historically disadvantaged people.

02:47 Two, Islam's emphasis on unity. Unity was an integral part of Islam that kept Muslims connected to other Muslims, irrespective of their distance from each other. Practicing

02:58 the obligatory pillars of Islam helped keep individual Muslims and the small, emergent Muslim communities in far-off regions united. Salah, daily prayers, helped the Muslims unify locally, and Hajj helped them identify as integral

03:12 members of a global ummah. Three, the universality of Islam. The Islamic principle known as Urf meant that all cultural customs were permissible by default

03:25 unless explicitly forbidden, making it culturally friendly and timeless across the globe. Taken together, all of these factors had the cumulative effect of spreading Islam across

03:35 the globe over a period of centuries. Rather than the quick, brutal conquest and forced conversion narrative that is common, the process was much more gradual and organic.

03:46 We need to stop glossing over history by subscribing to shallow, demonizing narratives such as, Islam was spread by the sword, or for that matter, that clans were the ones

03:55 who were the most powerful, or that the sword was never used at all.

04:06 The truth is to be found somewhere in the messy grey area between them, a grey area

04:11 that conscientious and truth-seeking people must roll up our sleeves to diligently explore.

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