yet to translate: The non-Arabs were rarely asked or forced to convert; on the whole they were dissuaded. They simply had to pay for the upkeep of those who had defeated them, preferably in a manner which emphasized their twin humiliation of non-Arab ethnicity and unbelief. -- Crone, Slaves on Horses, 1980, p. 54.

As is well-known, the Arabs made no attempt to impose their faith on their new subjects. -- Berkey, The Formation of Islam, 2003, p. 74.