Chapter 11.2.
Is Islam a religion of Peace?
Muslims claim the Quran it is a book of Peace and Islam a Religion of Peace (Referring to lectures by Dr. Jay Smith, Pfander Films).
Islamist Sayyid Qutb wrote that Islam is the religion of peace in the sense of submitting all of mankind to Allah.
In the 1960s, Malcolm X, acting as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, said on multiple occasions that Islam was a "religion of peace".
In September 2001, in the wake of the September 11 attacks, U.S. President George W. Bush said: "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war." A poll of United States Evangelical Protestant leaders in 2002 revealed that only 10% agreed with Bush that Islam was synonymous with peace.
Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia said in 2002, "Islam, as I said, is a religion of peace. However, through the centuries, deviations from the true teachings of Islam take place. And so [people who call themselves] "Muslims" kill despite the injunction of their religion against killing especially of innocent people.
Dalil Boubakeur, mufti of the Paris Mosque, said in 2006, "The prophet did not find a terrorist religion, but a religion of peace." (Read more here)
Dear Muslims, stop the theoretical waffle about Islam being a religion of peace at all. Be real...
Yes, there are peaceful verses in the Quran from the time of Mecca, and Muslims keep holding it before us in debates (see underneath), but there are too many verses in the Quran that show an opposite story; violent verses from the time of Medinah, that actually abrogate the few peaceful verses from the time of Mecca.
1. Another look at the Question: Is Islam a “peaceful” religion?
Flip Huggenvik from Big Spring (Harmony), wrote…
Jason Dahl was the Captain on United Flight 93 that crashed on September 11. Jason was my friend. I was also a Captain for United Airlines. Jason and I worked together as instructor pilots for United at the training centre in Denver, Co.
The Muslim terrorists that took out the four flights that day were considered “radical” Islamic. Fifteen of the 19 were Saudi.
Recently a Saudi pilot-in-training at the Naval Air Station Pensacola killed three Americans. Why did he kill? The same reason the terrorists did on 9/11. The Islamic Quran commands it. (Read the whole story here)
Let’s see what the Quran command.
2. A look at the Peaceful verses Muslims claims in the Qur’an
- Surah 2:256 “For there is no compulsion in religion” (Read the entire verses 256 & 257 to find the context)
- Surah 109:1-6 “Say: O disbelievers! I worship not that which ye worship; Nor worship ye that which I worship. And I shall not worship that which ye worship. Nor will ye worship that which I worship. Unto you your religion, and unto me my religion”
- Surahs 2:106, 16:101 “That which we give, we give something better” (Mansukh vs. Nasikh) = ‘Law of Abrogation’
- Surahs 2:256 & 109:1-6 are weak verses, abrogated by 101 verses which follow!
- Surah 2:190 = “Those who fight you, Do not transgress limits” (Modernists only quote this first section. What exactly are those limits? Note that which follows…)
- Surah 2:193 = “…and slay them wherever ye catch them, and fight them, until there prevails faith in Allah” (What limits can you transgress, once I’m dead?)
- Surah 5:31-32 (raven, and blood of Abel) “we ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone slew a person…it would be as if he slew the whole people; and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people...” (Who is this verse (vs 32) referring to? The Children of Israel, which Muslims are not; Why not read the very next verse, which refers to non-Jews…)
- Verse 33: “The Recompense for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides…” (Unpacking Surah 5:33: “The Recompense for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides…”)
- What kind of war? Would these include Chechnya, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq?
- What kind of ”mischief in the land”? Immorality, Secularism, Democracy, Usury? Christian Proselytising?
- The above would include most Westerners, Christians, and many Muslims!
Or is the Quran a Book of Violence?
3. A Look at the Violent verses in the Qur’an
- Surah 8:60 Employed by ISIS for their attack on Iraq, & earlier by Yusuf Qaradawi “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies…”
4. A very contemporary issue: How does the Islamic State approach scripture?
On May 13, 2015, ISIL released an audio message by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who asserted that Islam is not a religion of peace, but rather the religion of fighting.
How does ISIS approach Islamic scripture? By scripture, it means the Quran and the Hadith, the words and deeds attributed to Muhammad and his Companions.
The following responses is of importance:
- Cole Bunzel wrote that ISIS maintains an online network of religious scholars who seek to legitimate the group’s hardliner worldview through scripture, grounding ISIS’s actions in an extremist but historical interpretation of Islamic texts.
- Sohaira Siddiqui, professor of Islamic theology at Georgetown University Qatar, wrote about ISIS’s selective use of Islamic texts and traditions, which it uses to forward its own agenda.
- Andrew March of Yale University analyzed how ISIS has repurposed a 7th-century text to justify its methods of governing Christians residing within its “state.”
- Mohammad Fadel, an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, provided a detailed explanation of ISIS’s conception of international law by examining the group’s re-appropriation of classical Islamic legal traditions pertaining to Islamic territory.
- Mara Revkin, a J.D./Ph.D. student at Yale who researches the legal systems of jihadi organizations such as ISIS, explains how ISIS leverages Islamic law and scripture to justify economic activities and policies which, when stripped of the religious trappings, resemble organized crime. ISIS, she writes, exploits the ambiguity of Islamic scriptural guidance on taxation by cherry-picking concepts and arguments that support its own objectives.
- Used by ISIS to support burning Muath Safi Yousef al-Kasasbeh (Jordanian pilot) - Surah 4:56 “Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise”
- Quoted by ISIS to support Crucifixions and Beheadings in Syria & Iraq Surah 47:4 & Surah 5:33 S.47:4 “When you encounter the unbelievers, strike off their heads, until ye have made a great slaughter among them…”
- S.5:33 “The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified, or their hands and their feet be cut off on the opposite sides or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world.
Let’s look to other more specific violent verses that command fighting:
- The Apostasy Verse Surah 4:89 “They wish that you reject Faith, as they have rejected (Faith)…But if they turn back (from Islam), take them and kill them wherever you find them.
- The verse against ‘Fitna’ (Unbelief) Surah 8:39 “And fight them until there is no more Fitna and the religion will all be for Allah Alone”
- The Sword Verse against Christians and Jews (i.e., Mosul) Surah 9:29 “...Make war upon such of those to whom the scriptures have been given as believe not in Allah, or in the last day, and who forbid not what Allah and his apostle have forbidden...until they pay tribute...”
5. How many Violent Verses are in the Quran?
The following is a list mostly from the Medinan Surahs.
6. How should these verses be exegeted?
The role model and paradigm for the Qur’an, and all Muslims everywhere: MUHAMMAD HIMSELF
- Muhammad’s biography (‘Sira-t-ul rasul-Allah’)
- Muhammad’s sayings (Hadith)
- The Maghazi (Raids) - Muhammad fought 29 battles & planned 39 more
The Example of Muhammad: How did he treat those under his authority?
1)The Jews in Medina (they were natives, he was a guest)
- 624 – after Badr: Banu Qaynuka tribe evicted
- 625 – after Uhud: Banu al Nadir thrown out
- 627 – after the Trenches: Banu Quraizah
- 800 men killed (like ISIS?)
- All the women taken as concubines
- All the children taken as slaves
2)Those who criticized him
- Asma bint Marwan, the poetess, & Umair the blind disciple
- Around 25 who criticized him were assassinated
7. Can Islam still claim to be a Religion of Peace?
Although the Facebook Group “ISLAM, The Religion of Peace ❤️” with it's 17.8K members, is one of the most liked Groups on Facebook and Muslims like to claim this statement, the facts above just proof the Opposite.
Dear Muslims, I again want to challenge you; stop the theoretical waffle about Islam being a religion of peace at all.
Look to reality. Look to the practical world today. Look to your Quran.
8. Are All Muslims Terrorist?
No Definitely not! We all know Muslims friends that are so full of peace and serve their communities full out.
So why ask this Question: Is Islam a Religion of Peace?
9. May Muslims have Christians as friends?
Christians, do you have Muslims friends? Real "friends"?
Muslims, do you have Christian friends?
Fortunately, there are many Christians and Muslims that have real friend-relations over the Religious line. A Christian song we sung many times in my younger days is… “It’s Love, it’s Love that let the World go round.” Yes, Love can overcome any relationship-challenges and in this world of today we need each other more than ever.
BUT… What doe the official Islam tradition prescribed?
Do Muslims should hate non-Muslims? What do ISLAM really expect?
What is the truth about the Quran verses referring to in the next article:
https://www.answering-islam.org/.../islam_hates_you.html
"Muslims should not take Christians or Jews for friends. (Al-Ma’idah 5:51) They must fight against Christians and Jews who refuse Islam until they surrender, pay the poll-tax and are humiliated. (At-Taubah 9:29)
To this may be added hundreds of Qur’anic verses about jihad in the path of Allah, as well as the ‘Book of Jihad’ found in all Hadith collections."
Muslims, what must we think about this?
Then one always wonders if your friendship is true or only fake. Or are you willing to acknowledge that some of the Quran and Islam Traditions is just not acceptable anymore?
Are you willing to reject them openly (although such critic can cost you dear?)
10.To read more about this subject
NEXT: QUESTIONS to ISLAM
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