YES.

An explanation would be great.

Well... aside from the obvious...




Here are a few reasons I consider Islam to be inherently violent:

1) The Quran itself

Have you read the thing lately? It is nowhere near as violent as the bible.

Check out a few quotes from the Quran.

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2) The actions of Muslims themselves.

Terrorists, cartoon protests, causing problems in every western country across the world, a distinct history of conquest and slaughter throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Europe (Neverending). Need I say more?



Now... one of the reasons people claim that Muslims aren't violent is because there are certain peaceful Muslim countries in the world... namely, Turkey, Saudi Arabia etc etc.

However, it's my belief that Muslims are only peaceful once they are living among themselves and there are no opposing religions or cultures within their region.

This is demonstrated with the term 'religion of peace.' It's an actual fact that they only consider it a 'religion of peace' once people 'submit' to Allah. As in, 'peace' will only come once the entire world submits to being a Muslim.

Has me convinced.   

Oh great a BLOODY HIPPY!
You dont seriously believe what you just wrote do you?
They started it! well, actually it was Israel but i think they are just as bad.
Do you like Karl Marx?

Do those quotes from the Quran violate any local laws?

not sure what freediver meant by that.

but whenever someone simply quotes from a religions scripture, be it the Torah, Bible or Koran, i am a bit skeptical since i reckon with any such book u need to put the quotes in context to understand it properly not just blately quote them without explaining it.

i don't know much about the Koran, so i can't really comment on whether the quotes provided were accurately reflected, but i can give u an example of what i mean from the bible.

Matthew 10:34 states that Jesus said: "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

at first glance, that sounds like Jesus was encouraging people to fight war and kill people in the name of his religion, i.e. it sounds like a violent quote. but when u put the quote in context, u realise what Jesus meant was that he will always have enemies, and these enemies would never offer him peace since they do not believe. so when properly explained, then u realise the quote isn't a violent one at all.

and freediver was initially asking about whether Islam is a violent religion, i.e. he was asking about the religion, not the people that claim to follow it (i.e. muslims). therefore, i wouldn't use the actions of muslims as proof that islam is a violent religion since not all muslims may be following their faith properly and they may be motivated by other non-religious factors (e.g. Saddam loyalists in Iraq are motivated by nationalist, rather than religious reasons).