... cannot do as well as when and where you can do it. Islam is also more closed doors because the do not really send out missionaries looking for people to convert to Islam (http://muslim-canada.org.islam_christianity.html). For Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah (the anointed one) v/s God's deliverer, whose coming the prophets had foretold. Jesus taught ... were on Earth, their stories and teachings were passed on orally, so the need to write them down was not necessary. Christianity is a religion where they welcome outsiders in to convert them and love everyone, Christian or...

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... cannot do as well as when and where you can do it. Islam is also more closed doors because the do not really send out missionaries looking for people to convert to Islam. For Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth was the Messiah (the anointed one) - God's deliverer, whose coming the prophets had foretold (Christianity page 198). Jesus taught the good Word of ... were on Earth, their stories and teachings were passed on orally, so the need to write them down was not necessary. Christianity is a religion where they welcome outsiders in to convert them and love everyone, Christian or not, for th...

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... , it came down to the caliph to rule them. Being a government based on religion, the best way to turn resentful conquered states into loyal territories of the empire was to convert the majority of them to Islam. The first major push of this movement occurred when the ruling caliphs allowed freedom of religion. This would be a shock to captured territories that ... presented a perfect opportunity for Islam to spread. While a lot of things were done by Muslims to spread their religion, the Koran itself provided appeal that would cause many people to convert. The idea of equality was the mo...

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... God. These monks and nuns came to be known for their willingness to take the Christian faith deep into the barbarian lands of the Germanic tribes in the attempts to convert these pagans to Christianity. This missionary work came to be the central means by which the followers of the Christian faith extended their beliefs to the rest of the world ... armies would continue to conquer areas throughout Europe during the early to mid 600's. However these conquests were not entirely based on spreading their faith. Muslims never forced anyone to convert to their religion. Christians and Jews we...

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... history is that among the Christians and the Muslims. Countless wars have been fought because of the difference in their beliefs and because the Christians have tried numerous times to convert the Muslims. Perhaps a more suitable tool for the state is a changing religion which is more open minded and sympathetic to the events of today. This would otherwise be secular values ... if a Christian leader was to be made president in a large Muslim community, much protest and fear would be felt. There might exist a fear that the political figure might try to convert or implement laws or polici...

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... a broken family will notice the strong family ties that hold Muslims together. Many people think that Islam imprisons women when many converts share that it actually frees them. Elizabeth Martin, a convert to Islam informs readers that, "Islam liberates her from sexism in mainstream culture women are valued for who they are and what they contribute not just physical attributes" (qtd. In ... racial equality, strong family life, and freedom from sexism also lures believers. Islam interests a wide variety of people from all over the world. When people become interested in Islam many conver...

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... fair taxes. The appointed officials were not required to be Muslim. Islamic beliefs say that Muslims are obligated to bring the world under Muslim rule but did not have to convert the people. (Ringrose, 2001) The people must only recognize their Muslim authority. This method was effective because the conquered people more readily accepted rule under the local elites and therefore ... made Ottoman authority more tolerable. Sometimes, regional elites would eventually convert to Islam after conquest. Ottoman rule was easy for Christian communities to accept because it did not disrupt their...

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... in Spain. The Qur"an is very clear, it states that Allah is one, not one and many like the bible says. It was the duty of converted peoples to convert others, which was why Islam was pushed in Spain. Allah does not impose what cannot be met by faithful peoples. Only actions mattered, not thoughts to Allah. Disbelief in Allah ... was not punished, followers did not fear him, but rather loved him, which made faithful peoples want to convert others. Allah is one, and only one, not one and many. These are some of the teachings of the Qur"an. The appeal to the Spaniards was carried on by ......

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... ." (Andrews 3) The settler's faith in their God helped many of them survive the overwhelming problems of famine, disease, and native attacks they faced. Many settlers tried with minimal success to convert the natives to Christianity. A Bible was translated into Algonquin by a minister named John Eliot. "This was the first Bible to be printed in the New World." (Morison 157) John Eliot ... and others were able to convert a good number of Indians to Christianity, and the converted lived in "Praying Indian Towns." (Morison 157) Probably one of the most famous converts was Pocahontas who was...

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... a strong and legalistic Islam caused him to believe that the lands belonging to nonbelievers were permissible to confiscate. He thought that by taking nonbelievers land, they would be persuaded to convert to Islam under his proper Muslim rule. He spent several decades striving to bring India, including Maratha, under his rule. However, he was not successful in this strive. By his ... ...

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... to find a statistic that has a concrete basis in its evaluative techniques, but the moment it was revealed to be an American-based establishment, the results were suspect. The way the scores are reached is not shown, there's always a bias of some level from whoever is crunching the data, and the validity of the data that is used is not certain. But ... ...

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... which he received from god during his prophet hood lifespan. This is a factor that led to the spread of Islam because this Holy book has a huge contribution in making people convert into the religion of Islam. The Quran is so important towards the Muslims, in which" the Quran provides detailed instructions to guide Muslims in every aspect of life, not ... ...

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... with its founder being Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Wahabbi main focus was to live life based solely on the Quran and through Muhammad's example. They also sought out to convert the world to Islam and were often intolerant of other faiths. The Saudi Arabian government considers the Quran to be its constitution and therefore the state is governed by Islamic ... ...

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... the Islamic faith. Islam is founded on five pillars, and one of these immensely important pillars revolved around charity for the poor (alms). These reasons made Islam very attractive to convert to. For women and the poor, they gained a sense of unity by having a purpose and place within society. Rulers found unity through the harmonious combination of religion, culture, and politics ... ...

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... his cause was a religious one has and was able to justify his actions as religious defense: These included provisions that the enemy be warned; that he be offered a chance to convert to Islam; that truces be proposed to make war the last resort; and that if the foe tended toward peace so must the Muslim. In short, bin Laden lacked the ... ...

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... . Muslims spread there religion through the world through in the name of Jihad, which is any religious struggle. Muslims would set out military campaigns in the name of Allah to convert other nations to Islam. Islamic Culture: Islam is an assimilation of many cultures and people that have differences not only in there language but in there culture. So the term ... ...

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... or sons (Kateregga 1). The declaration of faith is called the Shahada; this is something that all the faithful pronounce in Arabic and should be said with conviction in order to convert to Islam. The testimony of faith is the most important pillar of Islam. The second pillar of Islam is prayer. The Muslims pray five times a day at dawn, noon, mid ... ...

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... this was the alliance of the Catholic Church with the Spanish monarchy. The status of the Indians was irrelevant and disregarded by the Christian conquerors and missionaries who wanted to convert them. The mis-sionaries subjected them to violence and reduced them to a laboring population. The Indians, however did not always respond in a negative way to the Work of the church ... ...

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... means that only Allah has the right to be worshipped, and that the message of guidance was sent through a human like us. The Shahada must be said with conviction to convert to Islam. It is considered the most important pillar of Islam. Prayer Muslims perform five prayers a day, in which they form a direct link with Allah. These prayers contain verses from ... ...

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... the South of the country, which includes blasting their villages apart, turning their children into slaves, and persecuting worshippers, particularly Christians. In one instance, soldiers in Burma commanded Muslims to "convert to Buddhism or leave the country" (Davis, 1). It still seems unclear throughout the political world as to when a superpower like the U.S. should or would feel compelled to intervene in religious ... ...

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... . In the 1st century A.D the religion of Egypt shifted to the monotheistic religion of Christianity due to the Byzantine invasion. According to Stearns, the Byzantines forced Egyptians to accept and convert to Christianity. He states, "Persian successes in the northern Middle East were reversed in the 7th century, and the population was forcibly reconverted to Christianity" (356). The Egyptian Christians are ... ...

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... their own personal gain. The battle for Spain is a perfect example. In the days of the Christian Crusades, Catholics formed armies and conquered villages and towns forcing the residents to convert to Christianity. While the Christians were pillaging Europe, the Moores had won the Middle East and came back up Africa slowly taking over the continent. Full of ambition the Moores ... ...

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... Muslim women marrying outside of their faith although some studies suggest that it is not uncommon for Muslim men to marry American non-Muslim women and then encourage them to convert. Intercultural marriages in the United States tend to be highly successful. However, the general trend in recent years appears to be distinctly away from cross-cultural or cross-religious marriages ... ...

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... in our country right now. The Hindu fundamentalists feel that other communities are growing much faster than Hinduism. The reasons for this are that Hinduism does not allow others to convert to it while religions like Islam and Christianity do, these religions also disallow contraceptives. All these lead to a higher birth rate within these religious communities. Inter-caste marriages are also ... ...

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... . He believes the main reason for this is because of Islam being the fastest growing religion in the world, many non-Muslims fear the widespread will also eventually make them convert to Islam and thus adopting the so called "extremists" way of life. This current moral panic is known as "Islam-phobia". The blending of culture and religion creates a perfect framework ... ...

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