It is breathtaking to see Islamic Apologists tying themselves into knots to try and cherry-pick only those articles/quotes which is favorable to their agenda. The reality is far more complex and not favorable to Islam.
The sources i have quoted are mainly from Wikipedia which is a collection of data with no bias on its own. The fact that you chose to dismiss it completely says a lot about your agenda and ignorance.
At the same time, however, the Islamic tradition records that Muhammad gave the pagans of Mecca and later all of Arabia only two choices: conversion to Islam or the sword. As such, people not considered "people of the book", id est Jews or Christians, are on this example to be given the choice of conversion to Islam or death. In many cases, such as when Muslims found themselves ruling over a polytheist population in India, the forced conversion of so many people has been seen to be impossible, and in its place these people have been offered dhimmitude. These practical exceptions did not, however, change the opinion of the fuquhaa' that all non-believers who are not Jews or Christians ought to be given the choice of Islam or death, forced conversion in effect.
And there is more on that page; Nevertheless the relationship between Islam and Christianity (i consider Christian Sahner as trying to whitewash this relationship since his chair/research is funded by Islamic countries) was quite different than between Islam and Other religions and it is in the latter accounts (mainly from the Indian subcontinent) that one can see the full horrors of Islam on display (start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus).
None of your data points hold up to scrutiny, you have merely stated what you believe, while the evidence from the other side is what i have listed in my comments. You need to go through the sources and then change your worldview w.r.t. Islam if at all you care for the Truth.
The sources i have quoted are mainly from Wikipedia which is a collection of data with no bias on its own. The fact that you chose to dismiss it completely says a lot about your agenda and ignorance.
Here is WikiIslam on Forced Conversions : https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:For...
The opening paragraph itself states that;
At the same time, however, the Islamic tradition records that Muhammad gave the pagans of Mecca and later all of Arabia only two choices: conversion to Islam or the sword. As such, people not considered "people of the book", id est Jews or Christians, are on this example to be given the choice of conversion to Islam or death. In many cases, such as when Muslims found themselves ruling over a polytheist population in India, the forced conversion of so many people has been seen to be impossible, and in its place these people have been offered dhimmitude. These practical exceptions did not, however, change the opinion of the fuquhaa' that all non-believers who are not Jews or Christians ought to be given the choice of Islam or death, forced conversion in effect.
And there is more on that page; Nevertheless the relationship between Islam and Christianity (i consider Christian Sahner as trying to whitewash this relationship since his chair/research is funded by Islamic countries) was quite different than between Islam and Other religions and it is in the latter accounts (mainly from the Indian subcontinent) that one can see the full horrors of Islam on display (start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus).
None of your data points hold up to scrutiny, you have merely stated what you believe, while the evidence from the other side is what i have listed in my comments. You need to go through the sources and then change your worldview w.r.t. Islam if at all you care for the Truth.