Misconception about Islam

There are many non-Muslims who have studied some books about Islam; most of them have only read books written by non-Muslims.
It is common to complain among some non-Muslims that Islam would not have millions of adherents all over the world, if had not been spread by the use of force. The following points will make it clear that far from being spread by the sword


Muslims ruled Spain for about 800 years. The Muslims in Spain never used the sword to force the people to convert; later Christian crusades came to Spain wiped out the Muslims.
More than 80 per non-Muslims in India. The Muslims ruled India for about thousand years if they wanted. They had the power of converting each and every non- Muslim of India to Islam. In India that 80 per cent of the non-Muslims Indians are bearing witness today that Islam was not spread by the sword.


Indonesia and Malaysia has maximum number of Muslims in the world, may one ask which Muslim army went to Indonesia and Malaysia.
Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East coast of Africa; one may ask again if Islam was spread by war or killing and which Muslim army went to the East coast of Africa? Muslims could not use it to spread Islam because the Quran says in the following verse: Let there be no compulsion in religion truth stand (out) clear from Error (2:256) who ever hurts or non- Muslim will not smell a whiff of paradise ( Prophet Muhammad) P.B.O.H. (Courtesy of Times of Swaziland)