Re: Shia And Sunni Muslims
to brpther mercenry2k.....its excepted in book 100 great personalities by Willaim Heart under the topic of umar bin khattab(ra) which he placed at 52. that umar forces when conquered persia and byzantines....persons of that area are not forcefully converted into islam....but many themselves latter on moved to islam by seeing the beautiful concept of equality.....
amd many great western historians also have the same idea....may be in some cases...in some places...there were incidences of forceful conversions...as all people are not so true muslims as others....but by and large......all conversions were from people's own core of heart...