Imitation Religion with Followers
I still cannot for the life of me see why they have any at all.
And for What possible reason would anyone Convert unless it is a Death Sentence if they don’t.
So the followers are either Insane or Cowards ...
TT
The three qurans you are thinking of are when their prophet lived in Mecca before he was outcast to Medina. This was the peaceful verses. Then comes the Medina verses which get harsher chronologically and the final is after their so called prophet retakes Mecca and begins the conquest of all Arabia. These are the most violent verses in their book. The ninth book is supposedly said to have been one of the last books written in the Quran. This is the book that contains 9:5 which states to go kill all the mushrikun wherever you find them and tells how to collect the jiziyah (protection money) by humiliating the non-believers (jews christians etc. iow mushrikuns).
One other thing here is that the books of the quran are not in chronological order which is why you will have in book 40 peaceful verses towards jews and christians but in book 2 you will have them killing jews and christians. Its helpful that when you read the quran to have an idea of which book was written.
Much of the conversion happened through dhimmitude. When the Arab muslims swept across North Africa they came with the sword and forced conversion on many, but most (mostly christians at the time) were converted by economic pressure and intimidation. For many, "Christianity" was about culture rather than personal faith, and when it became more convenient to recite the Shahada (There is no Allah but Allah, and Mxxxxxxx is His prophet), and dispense with the extra taxes and harrassments meted out to "christians,", people did it. For all the violence in the Muslim countries, it is really the passive acceptance of Islam by the majority that makes the violence successful.