Islam... sword or saint?

[Sannan]

@Faris_Udeen

Indeed i think your right. However many who came saw and conquered did little to expand the faith… where as the saints did no conquering except in hearts and minds.

@Arleitter

True and well said.
I can very well tell you that ,though I am a hard core Hindu and I have faith only in two eternal forms (Primarily Mother Goddess Kali and Lord Vishnu),and I do not care abt any other things in this world,I am a firm believer in Kwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmir.

@Faris_Udeen

Hmmm i not quite convivnced about southern heroics, doubtless there were some fine souls but not many and Hyder Ali was from the Punjab so that doesn’t quite count as for Travancore thats a maybe…
Anyway back to the topic it seems the genral agreemant is that Islam was spread via both the works of Saints and the works of Soldiers.
However as a general conclusion we can conclude that more converts were gained via tableeg than via forced at swordpoint.

Faris you are right :lajwab:but we can’t forget the Muslims rulers who showed great justice thought out their era. So everybody felt comfortable in their governance.