Why did Islam spread so quickly essay?

Answer 1

Islam spread quickly because it conquered north Africa in 700 AD.

11 years later, Muslim caliphates conquers Spain (FYI: The conquered Spain in 711 AD)

Answer 2

Islam spread so quickly because more and more people started to believe and understand what the prophets were saying. When Muhammed (the last prophet) got what Allah was saying, he told people and they told other people and when they started to ask questions, Islam had all the answers.

Answer 3

Answer 1

Islam spread more rapidly than any other religion because of its authenticity, truthfulness, matching logic senses and scientific facts. In addition, the advances in sciences and discoveries proved very clearly the scientific miracles in Quran that proved Quran is a real God revelations and impossible be of human origins.

Answer 2

Islam spread very quickly because people were forced to convert or be put to death. Apostasy was/is a crime punishable by death which prevented people converting away from Islam.

Answer 3

Because Every one has believe in God (allah) who has send his Messanger Prophet Mohammed to Help the people in the Land of Earth. Thus All Of them Believe In It. And We have Full trust in God.

Answer 4

Because it is the truth. There are many ways to convince the people Islam is right and for all mankind.

God(which is one) want every person to follow the truth if you believe in Christianity or Judaism, i can give you proofs of Islam..!!

and its compatible with modern science more than 800 verses of quran are proved by science not even a single one wrong and about 150 are in progress but which are mostly on how the world end are still in progress but some scientist prediction refers to quran..!!

Answer 4

Christianity spread slowly until the Christian emperor Constantine gave the faith state patronage early in the fourth century. With continued state patronage and persecution of the old religions, Christianity spread rapidly to become the official religion of empire. In 391 CE, the public worship of the old gods was made a crime punishable by death, and in less than a century Christianity had become dominant from the Atlantic Ocean to include much of the Middle East. If we did not know of the crimes that were committed in the name of Christianity, we would be amazed at the rapid spread of the faith.

So it was with Islam, although perhaps over a longer time frame. Conquest and coercion were the hallmarks of the spread of Islam.

Answer 5

Islam spread quickly due to a number of factors. It is notable that although there are a few occurrences of Muslims carrying out the "Convert or Die" scenario, this is not the most common reason for Islam's expansion both in terms of territory and belief.

1) Arabia - What's that?: Prior to Mohammed, Arabia had been seen as a cultural and political backwater barely worth notice and therefore Mohammed's consolidation of the Arab Tribes was not seriously considered by the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires. This lead to a very porous southern defense and miscalculation of the Islamic Armies.

2) Byzantine-Sassanian Wars: Since the Byzantines and Sassanians considered each other the only real civilizations in the region, they fought each other numerous times in the early 600s C.E. over control of what is today East Turkey and Iraq. These were intense religious wars (Christian vs. Zoroastrian) and greatly weakened both empires at just the wrong time.

3) Tribal Command Structure: Arab Tribes and warriors owed their loyalty to their Sheikhs and leaders without fault because the Sheikh provided each person with all of the amenities and protection necessary to live a full life. Whenever the Arabs went to war, the Sheikhs could count on the ability to muster their tribesmen as soldiers without issue.

4) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.

5) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).

6) Warfare: The leaders charged with expanding the influence of Islam were thoughtful and diligent military leaders. Caliph 'Omar, who conquered much of the Levant, Egypt, Persia, and Iraq was well-known as a strategist and a fighter. It was this knowledge of warfare that allowed Muslim forces to expand the territory's influence.

7) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions.

8) Commerce: Islam, like most religions, spread also through peaceful means of commerce and education whereby non-Muslims learned of the faith and adopted as their own amidst business dealings with Muslims. This happened especially in maritime cities like Zanzibar or Aceh whose primary source of wealth was trading with Muslims.