Islam is a religion of hate and violence

First let me address those who don't like facts when people debate, would you prefer I just gave my opinion? Then you would claim I had no basis for my belief. This debate is about Islam and its promotion of hate, the verses in round 2 are good quotes from the Qur'an read for yourself. My opponent, first tries to imply they are poor translations again to the people I say read for yourself. My opponent then says this "Suppressing Faith is a reference to the non-Muslims who suppressed Muslims and attacked them and their religion.' So then not believing as you do and speaking out would be considered an attack on your religion and as such allow the use of violence against those people? Next he asks and so have many why just post a bunch of quotes from the Qur'an? Simply, to show that there are many verses in the Qur'an which advocate the use of violence, against those who do not believe as you do, "suppressing faith" so lets define this term Suppress - verb (used with object) from (http://dictionary.reference.com...) 1. to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist party. 2. to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.). 3. to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.). 4. to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.). 5. to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.). 6. to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush. 7. Electricity . to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit. So keep or repress your religion gives you the right to use force? And you would call this peaceful? But, as I state in round 2 if it where just quotes from the Qur'an then yes this would be a weak argument, for yes there are also quotes to help the weak and poor. Unfortunately it is not just the Qur'an, and my opponent decided to completely ignore the hadith collection of Bukhar and the actions of the prophet that I listed in round 2. So I bring forth the Islamic fatwa for those who do not know what this is I offer this definition: In Islam, a fatwa is a legal decree which is made by someone who has extensive knowledge of Islamic law. (http://www.wisegeek.com...) To speak of this I first bring the name of Salman Rushdie who wrote a book that attacked on the Qur'an, a fatwa was made that he should die and yes he is still alive but there have been many attmpts: •February 12, 1989: Six people are killed and 100 injured when 10,000 attack the American Cultural Center in Islamabad, Pakistan protesting against Rushdie and his book. •February 13, 1989: One person is killed and over 100 injured in anti-Rushdie riots in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. •February 24, 1989: Twelve people die and 40 are wounded when a large anti-Rushdie riot in Bombay, Maharashtra, India starts to cause considerable property damage and police open fire. •February 28, 1989: Two bookstores in Berkeley, California, USA, are firebombed for selling the novel. 1989 firebombing of the Riverdale Press, a weekly newspaper in the Bronx, is destroyed by firebombs. A caller to 911 says the bombing was in retaliation for an editorial defending the right to read the novel, and criticizing the chain stores that stopped selling it. •There is much more but I have much more to show to see the rest go to (http://en.wikipedia.org...) Here are some more fatwas against people calling for their death: Jerry Falwell: television preacher Taslima Nasreen: newspaper columnist who is critical of the treatment of women under Islam Isloma Daniel: journalist for suggesting that the prophet may have chosen a wife from one of the Miss World contest. Raheel Raza: a Muslim rights activist who advocates for gender equality, she became the first women to lead mixed gender prayers in Canada Anyone who translates Rushdie's book to date 38 people have been killed Molly Norris: cartoonist who drew the prophet in a bear suit for a South Park episode There are many, many more my opponent states that "that fighting is for defense purposes" so then how where these people causing you physical distress that you needed to defend yourself against? This is peaceful? Next we need to quickly look at Sharia Law, is the sacred law of Islam. Muslims believe Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law; namely, the divine revelations set forth in the Qur'an, and the sayings and example set by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. (http://en.wikipedia.org...) Under Sharia law for a Muslim to convert to another religion, apostasy, is death, yes you are to be killed if you change your relegion. My opponent would like you to believe that this is peaceful, loving act of a religion Under Sharia law it is permissible to beat your wife because she is being "rebellious" or least the husband feels she is. The wife cannot refuse to have sex with her husband if he wants it. Oh yes there are restrictions you cannot hit her in the face or beat her to hard. Under Sharia law a woman can be forced to marry someone she does not want to marry. And it goes on and on. Then we have the actions of the people themselves: When the murderer of over 270 people was returned to his home country, from a compassionate Scottish government he was greeted by the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and escorted home, while thousands of me threw flower petals. http://www.timesrecordnews.com... When thousands of people will murdered on September 11th what was the reaction of the Muslim people? I remember http://littlegreenfootballs.com... I also remember the same celebrations in Dearborn Michigan, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia. Who can forget last November when French Muslims set the country ablaze? http://goliath.ecnext.com... There are many more examples of celebrations of terrorist, like these two., or of Muslims causing civil unrest Why do so many vs. of the Qur'an advocate fighting those physically who do not believe as you do? Why are actions of the prophet against those who did not believe as he wanted them to kill them? Is this peaceful? Then we have multitudes celebrating the actions of these. as my opponent would say small group of extremist when we could see with our own eyes the very large crowds celebrating. And finally we have the peace loving organizations like: the PLO, al qaida, Hezbollah we all know how peaceful these groups are. If Islam where a peacful religion they would come out against groups like these. If my argument was just using the Qur'an one could say that it was mis-interpretations and then point to the places where the Qur'an states to help others. Or if was just on the hadith you could say that it was open to interpretation, but my argument is using the Qur'an, hadith, words of the prophet, Sharia law, actions of the people around the world and there leaders. If my argument had just one piece of evidence then it could be claimed it was my ability to interpret that was bad but my evidence is not! My evidence is at every turn of the Muslim faith there is violence from how they treat their families at home to how they treat the world. To end I would like to point out one more thing, in Islam it is ok to lie and deceive as long as it done to further the faith to prove this I give you these vs: Qur'an (16:106) -Qur'an (3:28) - Qur'an (9:3) - Qur'an (2:225) -Qur'an (66:2) - Qur'an (3:54) Taken collectively these verses are interpreted to mean that there are circumstances when a Muslim may be "compelled" to deceive others for a greater purpose.