Re: How Islam Spread [split: UN Condemns the Dutch Film]
highlighted part is not true.** muslim rulers made the life of the general public miserable if they did not convert. discriminatory taxation, destruction of places of worship and mistreatment was the way they 'ruled' to force them to convert. That is also why a vast majority of muslim population in the Indian sub-continent even today cannot truly be considered muslims since i wasn't their choice**.
The bold part is clearly untrue...the Muslim treatment varied from ruler to ruler, empire to empire. By the same token, Muslims within Hindu dominated areas were not always treated well, and hell...Muslims that were on the wrong side of the imperial army were also not treated well.
The very idea of sub continental Muslims not being "true" Muslims because of your allegation they were forced into Islam (which is more a fantasy of yours than historical fact) smacks of a great ignorance...