So, how exactly did Islam spread to these guys down here? My

>>2666681
Trades from India as then you get better prices and aren't enslaved

Islam doesn't really have missionaries in the same way that Christianity does. It was mostly Muslim traders who went down there for spices.

>>2666681
The "trade winds" in the Indian Ocean literally pushed Arabs there during the Monsoon season.

Arab traders

They launched their spires into Indonesia, converting the islands in a matter of days.

By the time you see them in the air, it's already too late.

>>2666681
The real question is, how come Islamisation only happens around the islands and not the mainland Indocina like Thailand and Burma which is closer to India?

>>2666766
They weren't the important "spice Islands" frequented by the Arabs.

>>2666766
Easier to convert isolated pagans on islands than Buddhist empires.

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