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 == ""Islam says"" == 

 An anon editor has been working on this article and making generally good edits (won't you take a username, anon?). But he/she added one thing I excised ruthlessly  a note that ""Islam says"" forced conversion is not allowable. One, given that there are so many sects, theologians, preachers, opinions, etc., one can't say ""Islam says"", as if Islam were a monolithic organization. We should be specific. (Question to self: have I trangressed this rule? probably! ) Also, in the very early history of Islam the ""pagan"" Arabian tribes were converted by force, so far as I know. There is a line to that effect in the article, so it's self-contradictory to later say that this is not allowed. Now this could be open to argument  anyone want to say that the Ridda Wars weren't about forcing errant tribes back into the Islamic fold?  "