#1 The bulk of Muslims are descendants of migrants from the Iranian plateau or Arabs. |
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#2 Muslims sought conversion through jihad. Forced conversions |
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#3 Conversions occurred for non-religious reasons of pragmatism and patronage such as social mobility among the Muslim ruling elite or for relief from taxes. |
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#4 Conversion was a result of the actions of Sunni Sufi saints and involved a genuine change of heart. |
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#5 Conversion came from Buddhists and the en masse conversions of lower castes for social liberation and as a rejection of the oppressive Hindu caste strictures. |
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#6 . A combination, initially made under duress followed by a genuine change of heart. |
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#7 As a socio-cultural process of diffusion and integration over an extended period of time into the sphere of the dominant Muslim civilization and global polity at large. Like a more peacful version of #1. |
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