Islam rarely spread by means other than the sword. From its very birth, Islam has used the edge of the sword as a means to convert or conquer those with different religious convictions. https://twitter.com/maryamsultan85/status/1253899751986212870

Manuel II Palaiologos (Byzantine emperor) said of this religion: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."

William Muir (a historian specialising in the history of the time of Muhammad and the early caliphate) said: "Muhammad's sword and the Qur'an are the most fatal enemies of civilization, liberty and truth, which the world has yet known."