𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘖𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮? Shaykh Shadee Elmasry elaborates on what distinguishes the muslim Arab conquests of the 7th century from the European Colonialism of the 15th century & the current day Zionist expansion that began in the 19th century: • Not all conquests... are the same • Conquest is a part of life • Expansion can be good • In what way did you expand? • How did you treat the people? • Why are you expanding? • Did you expand purely for material gain? • If so, then that is not jihad • What is the objective measure to test your intention? • What did you do to people’s homes? • Did you steal their homes and property? • The Sahaba never stole people’s homes • Did you destroy the infrastructure of the nation? • Did you repatriate the people in some capacity? • Look at the generations that came after the Sahaba • They remained committed Muslims • If their rule was so evil and brutal, why didn’t the succeeding generations renounce Islam? • Can you imagine vast amounts of Palestinians wanting to be Zionists and passing it down to their children? No • Check out the work of Professor Richard W. Bulliet • He analyzed how Islam spread • Muslims conquered areas and let people be • They respected property rights • They collected the jizya (military exemption tax) • Non-Muslim men could serve in the military if they didn’t want to pay the jizya • Women, children, and religious leaders were exempt from jizya • Jizya was generally lower than the 2.5% zakat alms Muslims had to pay on excess savings held for a year • It took 300 years for Egypt to become 50% Muslim • It took 500 years for Syria to become 50% Muslim • Andalusia (Spain) never achieved a Muslim majority • This highlights that conversion to Islam was a slow organic process and not an instant "at the point of a sword" forced conversion some people like to claim • Some Christians project their own history of conquest onto Islamshow more

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