Have you traveled at all in the Muslim world? Culture are hardly supplanted--Muslims in Africa, Pakistan, and Indonesia are culturally miles apart. One of the

Have you traveled at all in the Muslim world? Culture are hardly supplanted--Muslims in Africa, Pakistan, and Indonesia are culturally miles apart. One of the reasons Islam was popular when it initially spread was because it DIDN'T supplant local cultures! Initially, Islam didn't supplant religions either. Non-Muslims paid a "jizya" tax, which basically ensured protection under the local amir's banner. Furthermore, if you look at the rise of the Ottoman empire, it was replete with Christians and Jews that not only worked in the administration of the Sultanate, but held top-level military, judicial, and political appointments.