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gain their peace and freedom, to reunite with their families
and take back their belongings, There were battles and wars
with the malicious infidels who flagrantly denied the Mus-
lims peace and freedom. But never vvas there any aggression
from the Muslim side, or any destruction of homes, crops,
supplies, etc. or any killing of non-fighting children, wom-
en, elders and disabled people. Muslims observed these rules
and remained within the Limits of God. That vvas something
which had never been experienced before nor has been ex-
perienced after. It was under these circumstances that Mus-
lims had to iight, and it was with these Principles and In-
structions of God that they in the end achieved decisive
victories.
So much has been said or written about the "ruthless"
Muslims, who emerged from the burning and dry deserts of
dark Arabia to conquer the Roman and Persian protectorates,
and even to venture around the walls of Europe. Many have
expressed the opinion that those Muslims were motivated by
religious zeal to spread by force as far as they could reach.
Many others consider this opinion silly and naive, because
Islam- by its nature- cannot be forced; and even if it were
supposedly forced on the conquered people, it could not
have lasted there for long, and non-Muslims would have
been liquidated from the conquered regions. History bears
witness to the fact that wherever Islam reached, it survived-
with the exception of Spain on account of certain reasons,