they could have easily killed every single non-believer in Mecca but the prophet Mohammed said this when he entered Mecca:

"Even he Who enters the house of Abu Sufyan will be safe, He who lays down arms will be safe, He who locks his door will be safe"

And even then, if you wanted to argue that Muhmmad was just a peaceful man that wanted to re-take mecca for his people

Then sure

That *would* be a valid response

However, as you and everyone else knows

It didn't end there

He forcibly converted the rest of the middle east

no he did not

GG @Othman, you just advanced to level 4!

Yes he did

Through conquest

The middle east was converted

to this day there are a lot of christians and jews who live in the middle east

So?

yeah the middle east converted to Islam by choice

that's not conquering dude

No it didn't

If you didn't follow islam you were persecuted

conquer
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verb
overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.
"he conquered Cyprus"

Even today, if you don't follow islam you are persecuted

the Middle East converted to Islam by choice, not by force

conquered means forced people with military force.

@Deleted User oh really?

Okay, your getting into semantics here.

The middle east did not convert "By choice" because if they *didn't* convert then they were seen as heretics

Their women were killed

Their loot was stolen

They were dehumanized

Etc etc etc

h'm

when you talk about islam being a religion of peace

what about 520,00-703,000 christians that live in Syria?

do you mean the very religious texts or the followers of the religion?

What about them Othman?

@quinnn The religious texts

What about the thousands of christians and jews that live in my country (Kuwait)?

What about them?

they aren't being prosecuted

Yes they are

mate my dad hired christian peope to do some construction work in our house

those christian construction workers have been living in kuwait for years