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Originally a small band of the original muslims took over great swathes of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean they took over Spain and Portugal amongst others. The original followers did not require that people convert to muslim but let them in peace, providing they pay their taxes. This conversion malarky is a relatively 'modern' thing and may equate to all those christians missionairies who went out (in fact they still go) to convert the heathens. It's not the religion but the a-holes who try to interpret it for their own crap purposes.
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