First war that muslims involved was Badr. They have won this war.
By physical conquest.
His first conquest began in the spring of 335 BC.
Conquest: The Umayyads supervised the conquest of the Shiite territories in the east (such as southern Iraq and Persia), the conquest of eastern Anatolia, and the conquest of the Maghreb and Andalucia (modern Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Spain). Culture: The Umayyad Dynasty was not known for its cultural ascendancy, that belonged to the later Abbassid Dynasty. The Umayyads did lead to the conversion of many Maghrebis to Islam on account of the prevalent "to the victor's religion mentality". They also instituted a number of policies to make conversion more appealing for imperial subjects, but this was an issue of laws, not of culture.
Alms giving. It is called in Arabic Zakat and is the third pillar of Islam five pillars. Refer to related question below.
Islam did not spread the same way throughout all of Africa. In North Africa, Islam spread by conquest. In West Africa and along the Indian Ocean, Islam spread by contact between Muslim merchants and local Non-Muslims.
Through Arab conquest.
By military conquest
Through conquest of the Ottoman empire
ISLAM
Islam initially expanded through military conquest.
The conquest of Makka by the Muslims.
Islam initially expanded through military conquest.
Because they converted to Islam.
By conquest. Warfare is another term.
Islam came to Central Asia in the early part of the 8th century as part of the islamic-conquest-of-turkestan.
Strictly speaking, the conquest of Persia in the year 630 C.E. was Islam's first reach outside of the Arab World. (Persians are not Arabs.) Muslims reached Uzbekistan in the 680s C.E. and reach Spain in 711 C.E.
By physical conquest.