Hindus were never converted to Islam at the point of sword says Azam Khan

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LUCKNOW: Senior UP cabinet minister Azam Khan has posed a question to RSS as to why it compromised with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on the issue of Article 370 that grants special status to the state.

Khan said that the outfit had kept the issue alive since independence. Azam Khan also lashed out at leaders of saffron outfits for vitiating peaceful atmosphere by raising the issue of conversion.

"Hindus were never converted to Islam at the point of sword. It is insult of Hindus," he said. He also hit out at the BJP on the issue of "Love Jihad". "They do not know the definition of love. In the name of 'Love Jihad', they are trying to bring bad name to the pious relationship between a man and a woman," Khan said.

He also took a dig at BJP leader Sadhvi Prachi who has appeal to youth not to idolise the Bollywood's Khan trio -- Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan. Referring to himself, Azam said said that there was another Khan in the list.

"They (saffron outfit leaders) have been criticising Khans. But now they have added one more Khan, Azam Khan, for various reasons," he said.

 

[Steve781]

It's true Islam didn't physically force people to convert. But when Muslims conquered a country they made themselves a privileged class and everybody else had dhimmi status. So there was a strong motivation for dhimmis to convert. That's what "spread by the sword" refers to.

 

[Raul_AD]

here is the answer Shiv Sena to Muslims: For special treatment, go to Pakistan

 

[Echo_419]

It's true Islam didn't physically force people to convert. But when Muslims conquered a country they made themselves a privileged class and everybody else had dhimmi status. So there was a strong motivation for dhimmis to convert. That's what "spread by the sword" refers to.

No that actually is true many were converted with the use of swords

 

[p4kistan]

It's true Islam didn't physically force people to convert. But when Muslims conquered a country they made themselves a privileged class and everybody else had dhimmi status. So there was a strong motivation for dhimmis to convert. That's what "spread by the sword" refers to.

LOL. How idotic & ludicrous is this comment.

The context in which people use spread by sword is in its actual sense by force & not by your notion of being under privideleged and hence under the sword.

Islam is simple and straighforward:
Allah says: “Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth has been made clear from error. Whoever rejects false worship and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that never breaks. And Allah hears and knows all things.” [Sûrah al-Baqarah: 256]

You can't force someone into islam, by doing so you are going against the tenets of Islam.

So quit this BS.

 

[Srinivas]

what about muslim girl marrying other religioun men, is it considered as a relation between a woman and a man or he needs conversion?

 

[Aamna Ali]

Btw who are these random never heard of Sadhvi's? What is their relevance? Why are media houses unnecessarily quoting them and making headlines? This is very irresponsible journalism. These are unnecessary provocations being done by the media houses giving them importance. No Muslim or rational Hindu pays heed to their comments.

 

[Iggy]

I don't know why people bother trying to rewrite history.. EveRy religion and civilizations had made mistakes..Learn from it and move on..

 

[Srinivas]

Btw who are these random never heard of Sadhvi's? What is their relevance? Why are media houses unnecessarily quoting them and making headlines? This is very irresponsible journalism. These are unnecessary provocations being done by the media houses giving them importance. No Muslim or rational Hindu pays heed to their comments.

Seems the comment is relevant in another thread !

This is thread is about Azam Khan !

 

[IndoCarib]

It's true Islam didn't physically force people to convert. But when Muslims conquered a country they made themselves a privileged class and everybody else had dhimmi status. So there was a strong motivation for dhimmis to convert. That's what "spread by the sword" refers to.

Jizya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mughals enforced Jizya on Hindus. THose who coudnt afford converted. That is force

 

[haviZsultan]

Jizya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mughals enforced Jizya on Hindus. THose who coudnt afford converted. That is force

There was a jizya tax indeed but the real source of income was the khiraj tax a land tax.

 

[terry5]

Jizya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mughals enforced Jizya on Hindus. THose who coudnt afford converted. That is force

Jizya was cheaper than the muslim tax zakat in mughal times

 

[Bratva]

No that actually is true many were converted with the use of swords

Is that make any sense ? How come generations upon generations remain steadfast to Islam, didn't reverted back to hinduism by migrating towards Hindu territories ?

 

[Kompromat]

Muslims in South Asia today are getting close to the number of Hindus in the region. Hinduism as a way of life failed its people by locking them into a perpetual state of permanent caste slavery, myths and inequality. All you have to do is to look at the Indian Hindu population to see the non social mobility still in action. Islam replaced Hinduism and Budhism because it distributed equality, eradicated the caste system and provided a balanced socioeconomic model where people stopped looking at each other from a racial point of view.

The notion of 'under sword' conversion is very popular among the Hindutva brand of today. They can't be blamed because this nonesense narrative which is refuted by all historians is the only way the Hindutvadasis can not only simplify the answer to this question but also provide a self serving myth to heal their historic insecurities, hide Hinduism's failure as a system and consolidate whatever is left of it. Anyone in their position would've done the same through an 'easy' approach.

Contarary to their belief, Islam took a good 500 years to consolidate in South Asia and if we really practiced 'convert or die' strategy as today's Hindutvadasis propogate, there wouldn't have been any Hindus left today. Muslims had a 1000 years to eradicate them like the Brits eradicated Ameroindians and Australian Aboriginals. The very fact that Hindus still are a demographic majority (though not for long) negates their bogus narrative.

 

[Bratva]

Jizya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mughals enforced Jizya on Hindus. THose who coudnt afford converted. That is force

Since you don't know about Islamic Tax called Zakat. Let me assure you Jizya is far less than what Muslims have to pay for/in Zakat. Which is 2.5 percent upon all of their wealth each year !