The first time, Islam was introduced to the inhabitants on the soil of the South Asian subcontinent by the traders from the coast land of Arabia and Persian Gulf. But, the first autonomous Muslim State was established by Muhammad Bin Qasim after conquer of Sindh in 712 A.D as reprisal against sea pirates. Therefore, Sindh, which is one of four provinces of Pakistan, is also known as "Babul-Islam", gateway to Islam (in subcontinent).
Before the advent of Islam in subcontinent, there were four major castes, such as Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras divided into hundreds of sub-castes in Hind. The rise of new faith which was absolute contradictory to polytheism and inequality, became eye sore to the powerful elite. Notwithstanding this, the impact of Islam on the subcontinent was deep and far reaching. Islam introduced not only a new religion but new civilization, a new way of life and a new set of values also.
The arrival of a great Sufi Khawaja Muinuddin Chishti Ajmari ( 1142 to 1236) who converted approximately 5.5 millions of Hindus into Islam through peace and patience and shaikh Bahauddin Zakriya ( 1182 - 1262) who also played very effective role by helping the local inhabitants understand the Islam by virtue of spiritual power and miracle and millions of such saints were born in India who promoted the religion of monotheism, the shrine of whom, can be referred as the best evidence that Islam in south Asian subcontinent was spread through peace and patience.
Furthermore, the Muslims ruled at India for about 10 centuries. In the meanwhile, no clue was found in the history that teaching of Islam was forcibly imposed on any non-Muslims. If it was spread by sword, no any disbeliever, after a long period of one thousand year, would be left alive in the region. As a matter of fact, the force in the matter of choosing faith is absolutely against the teaching of Islam.
Allah says in Surah No. 02 verse No. 256 " There is no compulsion in faith"
To be continued
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Yes, you are right this kind of information is taught at school level. We all are tired of discussing such topic on internet. Thank you my friend for comment.
Wow......Thanks ,my friend, for these valuable information. The last part of your topic must be taught at schools. To be honest with you; we ,all, get tiered from the blood shed in the name of Islam. Well done my friend. God bless you.
I found part 7 today and I started reading this... Thank you for sharing!!!
Thanks for sharing!
I always love the way you tell, the phrase, and words you chose. It's great. You know I learnt a lot from those.
Thank you for keeping writing. I look forward for the next part, too. :)
Self sacrifices of our forefathers in term of promoting peace and patience in the region have been forgotten due to ignorance of history. I am very glad that you liked the verse and found my blog interesting. I can't say it surely that the Muslims in other regions spread Islam by force or not but one thing is sure that Islam or faith is defended by force, which is sometime taken as an illegal step knowing that everyone reserves equal right to defend himself.
Keeping in view your kind interest in history, I wish I could publish next part sooner,but my friend you have to wait for a month as during the month of Ramadan I give up all virtual activities. Pardon me, please :)
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Thanks for sharing And look forward next parts.