In this case, the ideal of the Pr0phet himself was before them. The Pr0phet was born in Mecca. He started preaching !slam there and later started criticizing the pagan religion...
...of Mecca. This naturally created tension and so the Pr0phet migrated to Madinah. There he grew in number of followers, and after seven or eight years he conquered Mecca. Soon after, they smashed 360 idols in the Kaaba, They also sent men to smash other idols in the area...
...and they too were smashed. Here are some examples of how Islamic rulers in India imitated them.
Alauddin Khilji captured the fort of Chitod in 1303. When it was over, that is, when the war stopped, he gave the order to cut off the H!ndu who could be seen. Accordingly, thirty thousand H!ndus were k!lled in one day.
All these facts were recorded by Amir Khusrau, a famous Persian poet who was present at that time with Alauddin in his Persian prose book Khazain ul-Futuh (The Treasures of Victory).
2) Iltutmish's grandson Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud (reigned 1246-1266) was ruled by a Turkish chief named Balban.The invasion was carried out by Balban against the H!ndu rebels in a mountainous region. H!ndus were k!lled there. From there, he captured 250 prominent H!ndu leaders...