Islam Is a Religion of Peace: part II

"May Allah curse the Jews and Christians for they built the places of worship at the graves of the prophets. " – Muhammad “Then the apostle divided the property, wives, and children of the Banu Qurayza among the Muslims, and he made known on that day the shares of horse and men, and took out the fifth. ” Muhammad enjoys the spoils of war, 1/5th of all the loot. "I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, smite ye above their necks and smite all their fingertips off them. " – Muhammad "Fight those who do not profess the true faith (Islam) till they pay the "jizya" (poll tax) with the hand of humility. " –Muhammad "When we decide to destroy a population, We send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of this life and yet transgress; so that the word is proved true against them: then we destroy them utterly. " –Muhammad "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them, in every stratagem of war. " – Muhammad "I am the prophet that laughs when killing my enemies. " -Hadith, Muhammad Established point 1: The Burden Pro said: “…my Burden of Proof is to prove that "Islam is an intrinsically peaceful religion that desires the cessation of war or violence against anyone. " Obviously, war cannot always be prevented, but if Islam can be proven to seek peace, I win. ” I agree. If Islam can be proven to seek peace, you win. Let’s review what you have established in your own words thus far: a. > “Neither in the other Abrahamic faiths is God's purpose to bring peace. All three state a purpose of worship; Islam is not exclusive. ” b. > “Obviously, war cannot always be prevented. ” c. > “The first kind of Islamic war is for self-defense. ” d. > “Rules of War (2:190, 2:191,2:192,2:193). ” My opponent may redefine peace over, and over, and over again. In the end peace is as separated from war, as the east is from the west. It would be peaceful to flee from conflict rather than to engage the enemy. Peace is not just a state of existence, peace is a method. Since Islam does not seek peace through peace (but rather engages enemies with war) we simply cannot conclude that “a cessation from violence and war” is synonymous with its teaching. Argument discredited. Established point 2: The 99 names of Allah My opponent introduced new arguments in his final round by establishing that one of the 99 names of Allah means “Peace”. I hope myopponent will not mind if I illuminate the folly of this submission with four more names given to Allah. Al-Ḥasīb - The Bringer of JudgmentAl-Mumīt -The Destroyer, The Bringer of DeathAl-Muntaqim - The Avenger Argument discredited. Established point 3: “The List” My opponent has provided a huge list of verses to convince you that Islam is peaceful and that Allah seeks peace. I ask the voter: What good are 99 verses of temperance and peace if the 100th verse demands the blood of another human? Is the last verse any less of a God-breathed mandate than the first 99, to the devout Muslim? Do the other 99 verses stop the Muslim from exercising the last verse and bringing the sword? Is that what we see on a massive scale in this world? Absolutely not! For all of the merits of Islam, we cannot ignore the war it teaches. There are 164 verses on Jihad alone. Nobody, except perhaps those whoapproach the Qur’an like and Ostrich (head firmly planted into the sand), can claim that Allah seeks peace from men, between men or for any man that is not already moved onto paradise. Allah seeks your worship, not your peace. Any peace is unintended. Had the fascists conquered Europe, they too would eventually runout of enemies. Would you call them peaceful just because they ran out of enemies? My argument is extended. Islam seeks the glory of Allah, not peace with men. Final Conclusion: It was my burden to show that Islam is not a peaceful religion. I showed that: 1. > Islam’s only purpose is to glorify Allah through worship, a point my opponent concedes. (And I didnot create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me… [Quran 51:56-58]) This scripture clearly shows that mankind has a single purpose: worship, not peace. 2. > Islam teaches that war is good for the believer, even if the believer does not want war. That means, Islam teaches the Muslimsto fight even if the war violates their conscience. My opponent does not reject this claim; he simply amplified it by stating that such wars are justifiedthrough self-defense. Any doctrine of religion that teaches it’s believers to ignore their moralconscience and kill in the name of their God, is not peaceful. 3. > True peace is the spirit of non-violence. The list of religions that qualify as peaceful are Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism in accordance with Ahimsa. 4. > I have provided an unchallenged example which shows the aftermath of war, a concept my opponent would call “peace”. I have shown that war leads to occupation, plundering, raping and genocide. Consider the aftermath of WW2 on the German women. The rape of over one million womenwas during the time of “peace” that war acquired. The Muslim fighter, according to the Qur’an, is allowed to loot and take slaves as trophies of conquest.