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To: Nandu who wrote (9720)	11/22/1999 12:19:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Did you know (?) Islam first came to India via Kerala? Many of us do not know that Islam first came into India in the province of Kerala during the lifetime of Prophet Mohammed itself. Prophet Mohammed is said to have sent messengers to the Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Heraclius, the Sassanian (Persian) Emperors Chosroes (Khushrau Parvez) and Yazdgard, and to the Kings of China and Kerala (in South India). While the Sassanian and Roman Emperors rejected the Prophet's messengers and insulted them; the Kings of China and Kerala are said to have received the messengers with great courtesy. King Cheraman of Kerala Voluntarily Converts to Islam in the 7th Century This King from Kerala was Cheraman from the Chera dynasty of Kerala. He gave a patient hearing to the discourses of the Messengers of Islam. On hearing them, he was favourably impressed by their message of universal brotherhood which is enshrined in Islamic theology and is recommended to be practiced within the Muslim community. (Ironically this concept is limited to the Muslim community alone, while towards the unbelievers what is advocated is relentless hatred. And in practice even within the Muslim community, in real life, the general attitude is of fanaticism and violence when the energy of the Muslims is not directed towards battling the non-Muslims). But King Cheraman was favourably impressed with what he was told and he is said to have expressed interest in Islam. Local legend says that King Cheraman visited Mecca and converted to Islam in the 7th century. This happened before Islam had become a military force and started off rampaging on its global Jehad. King Cheraman also built a Mosque in Kerala and many local people converted to Islam along with him. The Peoples of Lakshadweep and Calicut Voluntarily Accept Islam The people of Lakshadweep are converts from those days. As also are the Moplas (Mapillais) from the Calicut province of Kerala. In this phase of history of Islam, it was still a missionary religion. The Jehad started off a few decades later. (Incidentally, we may also recollect here that the people of Kerala had their second introduction to Islam in the 18th century, when Tipu Sultan, the usurper of the Mysore Principality marched into Kerala attacked the Zamorin (Samudrin) Raja of Calicut and set off converting the people of central Kerala to Islam. Tipu Sultan's method was so unlike that of the Islamic Missionaries who had visited King Cheraman during the lifetime of Prophet Mohammed, Tipu went about with a Koran in one hand and a sword in the other giving the subject people of Kerala a choice of accepting Islam or death. Doing this, he marched from Calicut up to Alwaye from where he was forced to retreat due to stiff resistance.)......... bhaarat.com