The Spread Of Islam: From Muhammad To Empire

The Spread of Islam: From Muhammad to Empire The Islamic culture grew in many different ways, two completely opposite ways of convincing converts to join the Islamic faith came into play, peace and destruction. Conversely, possible converts and others found the culture interesting, as their peaceful nature attracted many from afar and people were swayed by the culture. The very intricate trade routes made by the Islamic empire helped possible converts to see the aspects of the Muslim life, and converted accordingly. Consequently, others were threatened and attacked to join by threats from Muhammad and his followers. People converted through fear of destruction and chaos, The growth of the Islamic Culture happened overtime through very distinct ways, through …show more content…
Muhammad offered the Christian Arab leader peace only if they obeyed “The Lord and His Apostle.” If the Christian Arab leader did not follow these rules, Muhammad threatened chaos warning ” I will fight against you and take captive your little ones and slay the elder.” Muhammad used fear to convince possible converts that if you did not follow God and His Apostle or profess to the Islamic faith, you would be punished. Caliphs of Islam used this tactic universally as they conquered peoples from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia. Muhammad promised his followers“Ye shall do battle with them, or they shall profess Islam… whosoever shall obey God and His Apostle, He shall bring him into the gardens of [Paradise]; but whosoever shall turn back, He will punish him…” (Doc. 2). Tactics that the Muslims used to convert others to their religion included violence and threats. By saying that there is this all powerful being that could punish them scared dozens of people to convert. With these threats of this unknown punishments, Muhammad and his followers became religious dictator over these clueless