Forced conversions to Islam

Submitted by gms (South Africa), May 11, 2016 at 15:53

if Islam envisaged forced conversions like Christianity then how do you explain the existence of such a large Christian population in Egypt Syria Iraq and so on .How to you explain the fact that 80% of India's population is still Hindu after 800 years of Islamic rule?

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