The Muslim Empire began to expand vastly under the Umayyads, with the empire becoming so large many people were converting to Islam religion. The Umayyads were the second of the four major caliphates after the death of Muhammad. The Empire used many different ways to spread the Islamic civilization consisting of war, classes, and appeal. The Islamic civilization spread so strongly because of the way it allured the common man.
Islam continued to spread by making the idea of being a Muslim sound great. The Muslim Empire didn’t force any Muslims to pay taxes(Doc 1). The idea of changing religions made a lot of sense money wise. The change to Islam was not a large difference, pray more, and eat a little less during sun up. The idea of going to paradise after your death seemed Marvelous (Doc 2). It also gave you an idea about fighting for the Muslim Army, if you died, you would be taken to Heaven with Allah and his Apostle. To some
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Tolerance started with the way the Qur'an forbade forced converts(World History 270). They had to let people continue to worship their own religions, could not make people worship Allah and the Qur’an. They were treated pretty nicely. After seeing the way people were treated, people would be much more open to switching religions. They did smartly restricted other religions to be spread. It helped them keep the numbers of Islam high because then the numbers of people converting to Christianity and Judaism was much smaller. Everyone could believe what they wanted to, if they wanted to worship something other than islam and keep their ancestral roots, they just had to pay taxes(Doc 5). When they paid their tribute they had to accept Islam too. But this was no small price for being guaranteed protection and not having to join the army. The Muslim Empire grew from the smart treatment of conquered people, bringing in the ideas of how friendly the Muslim culture
The town of Mecca was the birthplace of Islam, at first the leaders of the city refused the changing of this new religion and forced Muhammad to leave. Muhammad returned and preached to the people about what he had heard, that there is only one god. Islam spread quickly for two main reasons they are the message and military conquest.
Three Muslim empires rose during the spread of Islam. These empires are different, yet also similar. They are the Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals. They united other Muslims but also conquered other territories to form their own empires.
For example, the spread of Islam to the Byzantines and the Persians. The other caliphs (Umar, Uthman and Ali) expanded the Islamic empire rapidly and grew faster than any other religion. The Muslims conquered a massive amount of land from the Indus River, across North Africa and into Spain. There were many factors that helped Islam succeed; for example, people would rather fight for God and their salvation instead of fighting for a king, the use of military force by the Muslims and how easy it was to convert to Islam.
In 610 CE, Muhammad first founded the religion known as Islam. It soon spread out through the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Spain. Once Muhammad died, new Muslim leaders took over the Islamic Empire. Known as caliphs, they ruled the Muslim community instead of Muhammad. When Islam reached Spain, the Jews living there were affected in a positive way. The Jews of the Muslim world led a fair and comfortable life under the Caliphate, however, once the Caliphates were gone, the Jewish golden age was terminated.
One of the reasons why Islam spread so quickly was because of the trading that was happening about the time islam first began. The people how were trading goods with the muslims would spread the word about muhammad in their home towns. Muhammad lived in Mecca, which was a very important and rich town . Mecca was a major crossroads for for the caravan trade. Everything from silk to spices came through Mecca. People from every direction came to Mecca to trade. Muhammad and his followers would tell the traders about Islam and some
The Umayyad Caliphate was taken over by the Abbasids in 750. They intended to reestablish spiritual authority to the caliphate, broaden authority from the Arabs to other believers, and move the capital to Baghdad. Because of successful trade from the Far East, the new land became the administrative center of Islam.
Because of Islam’s holy book, The Qur’an revolved a lot around the sacred language, Arabic, which was very beneficial for trade. Since the text in The Qur’an was in Arabic, it helped spread language, religion and culture when people traded it (Outside Source: Spread of Islam Background Reading Packet). This helped spread Islam because a lot of people read it, they may have thought of the same way and told themselves that they should become and adherent (Adherent: “Sticking to” or “ Having Faith in”) to Islam (Doc
Islam:Empire of Faith The main purpose for the movie Islam Empire of Faith was to inform us about the Islamic culture. The movie in some parts really got you into the moment and started educating you but then some other parts trailed off and it was very hard to concentrate during those stretches of time.
Islam is a major world religion. Its origin can be traced back to 610 CE in Arabia. The basis of this religion is the revelations to the prophet Mohammad. Dissatisfied with his life, he traveled to deserts, hills, and the wilderness surrounding Mecca, where he lived, to meditate and reflect. He became a new man through his revelations, which many of his followers believe Allah transmitted to him through his angel Gabriel. Islam was originally an Arab religion, but many different beliefs and practices were added to it, making it extremely popular and aiding in its rapid spread. This new religion spread to many different areas surrounding Arabia, both under Mohammad and after his death. The Muslim Empire grew to encompass Spain and the Eastern Roman Empire as well Persia and Africa. Many different practices and methods were used to spread Islam. The religion itself was appealing to, in addition to the inhabitants of Arabia, other people in the surrounding areas because of its distinct religious beliefs and practices, such as the five pillars, as well as the humility and prayerfulness of the Islamic people. They fought cruel, vicious wars with their enemies. Many different things motivated the warriors to expand, but above all, the riches they would gain from the people of the Fertile Crescent encouraged them to expand.
The prophet Muhammad had a significant impact on the rise and spread of the religion Islam. According to World Civilizations, Muhammad “began receiving revelations transmitted from Allah,” and later these revelations became holy scripts in the Quran. Muhammad started off with very few followers but as the faith of Allah started to spread, he gained more followers and he became a threat to Mecca’s rulers. As mentioned in World Civilization, “in 622 Muhammad left Mecca for Medina where his skilled leadership brought new followers.” In Medina, Muhammad became the religious authority in the area and he used this power to conquer Mecca, a holy place for Islamic believers. By the time of his death, he was able to have created a religious empire that controlled all of the Arabian Peninsula.
Came, take away all the things, and forced people to convert, or tried to impress people with universal appeal – which one worked as power for Islam to spread? Throughout the history of world, religion played an important role for the development of mankind. Sometimes religion created impact on the gr The world had lots of religion, but none of them were sophisticated Some people used to follow animism, where the nature was worshipped. It showed that people thought that nature was source of power. Polytheism was common form of religion. People used to follow lots of Gods and Goddesses. Religion was one kind of source of fear, where the followers were forced to follow several customs. Islam created a great change in the areas where it spread. Through its views, Islam was successful to convince lots of people. In the postclassical period, Islam spread to Southeast Asia from the Arabian Peninsula. As a religion, Islam was widely accepted to huge numbers of people. The ideas of Islam were successful to create impact on people. Islam spread in the Southeast Asia through trade, Sufism, Islam’s universal appeal, and scientific innovation, though there were also challenges in the way of spreading Islam.
Over hundreds of centuries, Islam became one of the most influential civilizations in the world. Its many advancements included mathematics, science, literature, medicine, architecture, and religion, along with other fields of discipline. Muslims believed they had a duty to carry out Muhammad’s words and spread it throughout the world. Muslims succeeded in spreading the religion of Islam over three continents including Europe and Africa, and gained thousands of worshippers by conquering other religions and civilizations. From its beginnings in Arabia, Islam civilization encompassed an extensive empire including the Middle East, parts of Asia, parts of Europe, and North Africa with the strong leadership of the four caliphates who spread Islamic
Since ancient Sufism has gathered a lot of mist around them. It is a diverted sect of Islam, far beyond the parameters of true Islamic beliefs and teachings. Sufism is known for the element of inner mystical dimension of inner truth and divine love, losing oneself and being connected with the unseen ( Sanyal, 2005). Sufism also known as Tasawwuf is further divide into many groups called Tareeqahs.
The golden age of Islam, starting in the 16th century and ending in the 19th century, was a time when intellectuality thrived within an Islamic environment and the Muslim state was strong. During this time, European, North African, and Southwest Asian nations had maintained a relatively symbiotic relationship through trade, colonialism, and adaptation of ideas. The Muslim world began to languish during the 19th century when European Imperialism turned to the Middle East. This decline was also a result of the rejection of European science and education by Muslims. Their failure to learn from European advancement was sustained by reliance on a “religious filter” of scientific and technological information.
...trades spreading the religion, and conquering of neighboring countries. Missionary efforts helped convert because they made the Islamic religion seem better than all other religions because of their biased views which made them tell only the good sides of the religion. Traders would tell other traders how sense they had converted to the Muslim religion their trading bussiness has blossomed. This made many people convert; this was the most widespread and the fastest way if getting people to convert to Islam. Many people convert because of the Arab army. They would conquer African tribes and make them convert, or enforce a special tax upon non Muslims, or after conquering a few tribes other tribes would convert because of the power and wealth of the army. The Islamic religion wouldn’t be as influential today if it was for these people who wanted to spread the religion.