Islam: The Ideological Super Power

the state of war. This event is referred to in the history of Islam as Sulh-e-Hudaybiyyah. This peace treaty diverted the field of encounter between Islam and its rivals from the battlefield to Dawah field. This peaceful activism brought incredibly revolutionary results. The power of peace proved itself far superior to the power of war. This treaty rendered a widespread interaction between Muslims and the opposing group possible in normal atmosphere. In this way the peace treaty cleared the path for the direct propagation of Islam to take place. The opponents came to accept Islam in great numbers, ultimately the numerical power alone sufficed for the victory of Islam. According to Imam al-Zuhari, Sulh-e-Hudaybiyyah was the greatest victory in the history of Islam. Prior to this whenever Muslims and their rivals encountered one another fighting ensued. But after the reconciliation the state of war ended and peace prevailed. Now they began meeting one another in normal, tension-free atmosphere. This interaction naturally led to an exchange of ideas. When someone heard anything of Islam and found it appealing, he would go in, without fail, to enter into the fold of Islam. That is why after a mere two years of Sulh-e-Hudaybiyyah such large number of people entered the fold of Islam as had never happened before (Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, Vol. 4, p. 170). This great increase in term of numbers resulted in making Islam a religion of majority in Arabia; this greatly facilitated its dominance throughout the land. The second well known example of the caravan of Islam having reached an impasse concerns the first half of the thirteenth century with the emergence of the brute force of the Tartars. They were able to destroy the Muslim power almost completely. It seemed as though the journey of Islam has once