{"id":6335,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/enforced-conversion-and-islam\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:59","slug":"enforced-conversion-and-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/enforced-conversion-and-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforced Conversion And Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>People frequently accuse Muslims of coercing  people to Islam by asking them to choose from a) a tax (jizya) b)  accepting Islam or c) war. What is the reality of this statement?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>We  must first realise that Islam is a religion of peace. We do not coerce  anyone. People have a wrong understanding of the events during the  Prophet\u2019s (sws) life. These events are based on the principle of Divine  judgment (<em>danoonat<\/em>). According to this principle, a nation is  punished if it obstinately refuses the right path after clear proofs and  elaboration. Noah\u2019s flood, the fate of Sodom and Gomorah are  expressions of this principle. Truth was clearly established through the  agency of the <em>rasool<\/em> and the peoples\u2019 rebuttal entailed Divine  punishment. The military expeditions during the Prophet\u2019s (sws) life  were the realisation of this Divine punishment. They were devoid of any  lust for wealth or personal glory. This law of Divine punishment is  applicable to all the <em>rasools<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div>People  absolutely misuse the events to justify oppression in the name of  Islam. No innocent can be terrorised into accepting religion.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>This question was answered by Mr Ghamidi in  Deen-o-Danish, an online TV session hosted by Dr Muneer Ahmad aired on  Dunay TV. The text has been rendered into English by Mr Dhu al-Nurain.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Javed Ahmad Ghamidi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-02-05<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6335\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People frequently accuse Muslims of coercing  people to Islam by asking them to choose from a) a tax (jizya) b)  accepting Islam or c) war. 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