Early Muslim conquests & Rashidun Caliphate

Was Islam a peaceful religion in the beginning?

 The Rashidun Empire reached its greatest extent under Caliph Uthman, in 654 (from here).

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Early Muslim conquests

Rashidun Caliphate

Rashidun Caliphate - Military expansion

Conquest of the Persian empire
Wars against the Byzantine empire
Conquest of Byzantine Syria 
Occupation of Anatolia 
Conquest of Egypt
Conquest of North Africa
Campaign against Nubia (Sudan)
Conquest of the islands of the Mediterranean Sea
First Muslim invasion of the Iberian peninsula
Treatment of conquered peoples

See also

Paul, the Christian equivalent to Mohammed
The Penalties for Apostasy in Islam

Traditionalist View on Sex Slavery in Islam   

Ancient Christian faith (Orthodox Church) in Africa

 

The Orthodox Christian sentiment regarding the persecutions of Christians by Islamist

Islam (tag)

About Islam in other our blog  

 

Orthodox Egypt

Orthodox South Sudan 

Orthodox Tunisia