Did Islam Spread Throughout Africa With The Use of Force? The myth that the religion of Islam spread rapidly due to the use of force evolved out of the belief that the sword spread Islam. The myth was made in Europe during the crusades. With the introduction of a new religion Europeans had trouble adjusting to the threat of another religion reaching their country. It was only within Arabia that Muslims were forced to war. …showed first 75 words of 311 total…

…showed last 75 words of 311 total…the trade routes in Africa. This allowed them to spread the word of Islam to the people on the African continent. It is written in the Qur’an that a persons faith must be pure it cannot be forced on someone. Meaning, that to go by the Qur’an it was not pure to force the religion on another person. So to spread Islam by force was against the sacred writings of the Qur’an.