Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

page 31

     But what can the enemy say about countries where no
    single Muslim soldier had set foot?
 
 (i) INDONESIA: It is a fact that over a hundred
    million Indonesians are Muslim, yet no con-
    quering Muslim army ever landed on any of
    its over two thousand islands.
 
 (ii} MALAYSIA: The overwhelming number of its
    people in this country are Muslims yet no
    Muslim soldier had landed there either.
 
 (iii} AFRICA: The majority of the people on the
    East coast of Africa as far down as Mozam-
    bique, as well as the bulk of the inhabitants
    on the West coast of the continent are
    Muslims, but history does not record any
    invading hoards of Muslims from anywhere.
    What sword? Where was the sword? The
    Muslim trader did the job. His good conduct
    and moral rectitude achieved the miracle of
    conversion.

        "All what you say seems incontrovertible, Mr. Deedat,"
    says the Christian controversialist, "but we are talking about
    Islam at its very beginning, the way in which your prophet
    converted the pagans to his faith! How did he do it if not
    with the sword?"
 
    ONE AGAINST ALL?
 
    We can do no better than to allow Thomas Carlyle
    himself to defend his Hero Prophet against this false
    charge; - - -
 
 7. "THE SWORD INDEED: BUT WHERE WILL YOU
    GET YOUR SWORD! EVERY NEW OPINION, AT
  

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