Islam is not a religion of peace, and does not have an appropriate system of justice

I will first refute his arguments and then bring in my own arguments and prove that Islam is a religion of peace, harmony and justice. (1)Introduction(1.1)Islam is a religion that is based purely off the teachings of the Holy Qur'an and the Authentic sayings (Ahadith) and practices (Sunnah) of the founder of Islam, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw). Anything else beyond that is not considered a part of Islam and thus will be ignored, such as actions of so called Muslims and corrupted political leaders. (1.2)When Islam first came about through the Prophet Muhammad (saw), his followers as well as his family were severely persecuted and also killed in their own home town, Mecca by the Meccans and their leaders. The persecution had gotten so severe that the Muslims had to eventually move out to another city later known as Medina north of the city of Mecca. As the Muslims moved out, the Meccans had planned to end the religion of Islam once and for all instead of letting them practice their own religion, so they had planned to attack every Muslim living in Medina to end the religion once and for all. Throughout the years, Mecca had launched several attacks towards the Muslims and soon, other nearby tribes had joined forces with the Meccans to eliminate this new religion known as Islam that they saw as a threat, such were the Jews of Khaibar and other Christian tribes. Only during these times did God command the Holy Prophet (saw) to defend their people and engage in defensive warfare, and when it was time for war, God ordered the Muslims to stand their ground and not turn their backs, and obviously these commands can be found within the Qur'an that Pro has taken out of context and addressed here. Every single verse has a history and reasoning for its revelation, as well as an answer. I will refute his allegations. (2)Explanation of Verses[2:216]-In this verse, God is simply commanding the Muslims that they must defend themselves when they are being attacked, although the Muslims disliked fighting, and this is true. Muslims did not like to fight, but in this scenario, they had to, otherwise the armies that largely outnumbered them would slaughter everyone living in the city. [2:178]-The problem of Pro here is ignorance, for this verse has a history and doesn't mean what Pro is thinking. God is addressing a custom of the Arabs before Islam, that they used to kill the slave of a master if he killed someone else's slave, for example. The construction of the verse is meant to abolish such a custom, not to condone it. I advise Pro to read this commentary on this verse to come to a solid understanding. [1][2:193]-I do not see what is wrong with this verse. God is simply commanding the Muslims to keep fighting in their battles until the persecution has been eliminated, and when the enemy desist in their fighting, the Muslims should also stop fighting. Which nation does NOT fight like this? Pro is again remaining in his ignorance and taking verses out of context without understanding their proper meaning. [2:194]-Pro is making up interpretations of a verse that has nothing to do with his understanding of it. I humbly ask Pro to read the full context, verses 190-94 to see that the verse is talking about prohibition of fighting during sacred months, the Muslims were living alongside the enemy at this time. If an enemy breaches the peace, the Muslims have the right to defend themselves and fight the enemy the same way they launched their attack. It has nothing to do with if your wife gets raped, you get to aswell etc. Also, within the same context of the verse, God states to never commit transgression. This is justice. [5:51]-This verse is not talking about all Jews/Christians, Muslims can make friends with anyone. The verse is only talking about those Jews/Christians that are at a state of war with the Muslims. [3:118]-See 5:51[3:149]-It is like saying America should obey Hitler and his orders to exterminate Jews. .. that is unrealistic. Pro will however use whatever verse he can find and promote his ideology that Islam goes against peace and harmony. [2:282]-Due to space, I will post this link. [2][4:15]-It is not talking about sexually active women, it is talking about severe disorderly conduct. It also talks about men in the next verse. Please see the link to understand the verse. [3][24:4]-I advise Pro read the entire chapter 24 of the Qur'an before he says something else ignorant. The punishment of lashes does exist, it exists for both men and women equally. In this verse however, God is talking about those that accuse WOMEN of this act which they haven't done, these people who falsely accuse women deliberately will get the punishment. For a modern Islamic understanding, see the video. . http://www.youtube.com...The punishment of lashes is for adultery taken place in public, which is not only immoral, but behavior to the ranks of severe misconduct that will degrade society. Action must take place, again, watch the video ON YouTube. ---Now that I have answered Pro's so called allegations and corrected his misinterpretations, I will now bring in arguments to show that Islam is peaceful and just. (3)Islam promotes peace, justice, and equality. (3.1)Like every religion, Islam is here to create a peaceful society for mankind to live in. The purpose of Islam is to create a paradise on Earth, where everyone is living propserous lives and immorality and violence and corruption is nonexistant. As I stated in R1, Islam itself means peace and promotes it, and I will prove it in this debate. [2:256] "Let there be no compulsion in religion. .. "This one verse clearly states that there should be NO force in regards to someone's religion, so you cannot force someone to accept/leave a religion, or force someone to obey an aspect of a religion. [16:82] "But if they turn away from you, your only duty is a clear delivery of the Message. "This verse is similar to the previous verse. When preaching, you are only responsible to deliver the message, if they turn away, you leave them alone, not kill them. [2:62] "Verily! Those who believe and those who are Jews and Christians, and Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and do righteous good deeds shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. "This verse clearly states that Jews, Christians, and Sabians (other religions) that believe in God, the Last Day, and do good deeds, will be rewarded. Powerful verse! [22:40] "…if God had not driven some people back by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, where God's name is mentioned much, would have been pulled down and destroyed. God will certainly help those who help Him-God is All-Strong, Almighty. "This verse clearly promotes peace, if God did not command the Muslims to defend their city (where people with multiple faiths lived in), destruction would have been engaged to all these places of worship mentioned, people of multiple faiths would be affected, and God commanded the Muslims to defend their people, to fight for peace that the enemy was not granting them. God wants to preserve the harmony in society, not destroy it. Qur'an also promotes justice and equality for both men and women. In order to save space, read the verses here. [4]-The leader of my Islamic community has visited the US Congress and UK Parliament to deliver the message of peace and justice throughout the world in the name of Islam. Go to YouTube and paste:US: /watch? v=_Iu9VKncw5IUK: /watch? v=nVn2dwIoI4kSources:[1] . http://www.alislam.org...[2] . http://www.irf.net...[3] . http://www.alislam.org...[4] . http://www.dreamviews.com...