Do Islamic conquests, such as the conquest of Andalusia led by Tariq ibn Ziyad, contradict the understanding derived from the Holy Quran that Islam forbids obstructing people in their homelands?

The Islamic conquest of Al-Andalus in 92 AH was one of the greatest events of the first Hijri century, and it holds great historical significance, which can be summarized as follows:

1. The most important objectives of jihad are to convey the message of monotheism and invite people to Islam without coercion, as Allah Almighty says: (And fight them until there is no [more] fitnah and [until] religion, all of it, is for Allah).

2. Al-Andalus (Iberia) was under the rule of the Arian Goths, and its native Canaanite Catholic inhabitants were oppressed by the Gothic rule. This means that the Muslims were not initiating an occupation but rather liberating the land from the tyranny of the Goths.

3. The Gothic rule was characterized by injustice and instability, which led the native inhabitants of Al-Andalus, especially the Jews, to seek the help of the Muslims to free them from this oppression. They welcomed the Muslims as liberators, not invaders.

4. The conquest was swift (three years) with a small number of soldiers, indicating that it was more of an intellectual and ideological conquest than a military one. The people of Al-Andalus embraced Islam voluntarily and out of a desire to escape the tyranny of the Church and feudalism.

5. The rapid spread of Islam in Al-Andalus shows that the conversion was not by military force but by the power of the idea and the influence of Islamic civilization, and that historians have confused the spread of brilliant ideas with military might.