Islam Rediscovered
21. Islam in History
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And the gospel must first be preached among
all the nations. (Mark, 13:10).
Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel
to every creature. (Mark, 16:15).
In obedience to these injunctions of Christ, his
followers left Palestine. After Christ had left the
world, they spread over different cities and
countries. They propagated their religion
peacefully and those who embraced their faith
also adopted the path of peace in propagating
the divine message. In this way, the spread of
Christianity continued from generation to
generation.
As a result of this non-aggressive activity on the
part of the followers of Christ, within a period of
two hundred years after the advent of Christianity,
it spread to many eastern countries. Subsequently,
these Christians entered Europe. Here they were
initially faced with great difficulties. However, they
quietly began propagating Christianity until the
time came when the European Emperor
Constantine the Great came under its influence,
converted to Christianity in 337 A.D. and
