Islam is the religion of Peace

In regard to the many verses in the Quran you mention and correlate to peace I would also recognize that other religions, especially Christianity, have similar teachings, but all of it is irrelevant. This is because the very divisive nature of Islam, and every religion, supersedes any claims of the followers regarding peace. The difference in religious opinion is enough to instill a degree of separatism due to the development of hate, contempt, disdain, superiority, or even entitlement in the followers. Any of these feelings is enough to disrupt the harmony of humanity. Doctrine might support small actions of peace but the divide caused by its very existence disrupts overall peace. Doctrine and claims can say what they want but at the end of the day religion has only pushed people to form separate groups; each drawing lines in the sand against each other. As soon as you start slapping labels on people to change their identities and separate them you disrupt the peace. Now I'd like to present my arguments. 1) Islam especially can't be a religion of peace due to it's ties to Christianity. Islam is a religion that respects the role of Jesus as a prophet and as such must give some degree of credence to his message recorded in the Holy book of the Bible. In Matthew 10:34 Jesus stated that he did not come to bring peace to the world, but a sword. Jesus recognized that the nature of his message would divide the world and upset family members against each other. This would go further in the book of Revelation when Jesus is depicted as a King conquering his enemies as his Kingdom/Government goes to war against the rest of the world at the battle of Armageddon. You see, the conclusion of Christianity in regard to the rest of the world is that of war not peace. Islam is not much different. There is no peace now nor in the future. Families will be set against each other; those who accept the faith and those who don't will have no peace all the way up until the end. Consider how people might feel if you tell them that there will be peace when God destroys everything they know and love because their entire way of life is debased and immoral. It doesn't go over well. Just knowing that an entire group of people feel that way is enough to be unsettling and deprive a measure people of peace. On a global scale all religions do this to an extent. Islam is not a religion of peace; its a sword that divides. 2) Islam lacks harmony. Peace can be defined as harmonious. I'd like to point out that even within itself Islam is in discord. One only has to look at the disagreement between Sunnis and Shiites. These two groups often hate and kill each other. That is not peaceful. Don't get me wrong I would say the same thing about Christianity. Just look at the Troubles in Ireland. Furthermore, I'd like to discuss the idea of Islam being the fulfillment of Christianity. I've talked with Muslims and listened to try to explain how Christianity supplanted Judaism and how Islam likewise supplanted Christianity. But I have found this idea to be untrue. The teachings I have heard in Islam do not harmonize with some basic Bible truths. Even the understanding of Jesus differs greatly. The concept of sin is one example. The Bible explains that sin causes death and because we inherited sin from Adam and Eve we all die today. Thus the need for Jesus to die for our sins. Islam contradicts this and says that sin was forgiven because God knew Muhammad would exist one day. That's a conflict of core beliefs. There is no harmony between these religions; there is no peace. To summarize Islam can't be a religion of peace because no religion that concludes with the eventual judgment and destruction of the faithless world can be considered peaceful. Jesus, who is recognized in Islam, even knew this. By dividing mankind into separatist groups all religions upset peace. No matter how you want to explain it with doctrinal intentions the result will be contention with the possibility of war. Lastly Islam does not have peace within itself and doesn't harmonize with Christianity due to fundamental discontinuity. Islam is not a religion of peace. But neither is Judaism or Christianity, if that's any consolation.