Does the Quran preach violence

I am very disappointed in the shallow arguments of my opponent, even though this was the last round, I guess I can respond to some of his distortions of his own scriptures. My opponent said "I demmand you explain to me why are you so sure about Quranic abrogation and how do you know which verses came before and after ??" Because the Qur'an itself says so: Surah 2:106 - We do not abrogate a verse or cause it to be forgotten EXCEPT that WE BRING FORTH ONE BETTER THAN IT OR SIMILAR TO IT. Do you not know that Allah is over all things competent? If you have a problem with abrogation, then you have a problem with your Qur'an, not me. My opponent said "even if you want to say Surat Al Tawba calls for offmsice Jihad when it says" Kill the infidels wherever you find them......" amd then why the next cerse in the same Chapter says"amd of any of the imfidels seek your refuge then give it to them and make thrm, hear Gods words and take them to a safe place" ?? Doeant this show that it isdeffensive since if the infidel was peaceful and sought refuge and didnt fight no ine may harm them??" Yeah, the passage says "IF they seek protection, grant him protection, SO HE MAY HEAR THE WORDS OF ALLAH". This isn't any better, the Qur'an doesn't say "if they seek protection, then protect them" it says "so they can hear the words of Allah". The Qur'an is basically forcing the polytheists to hear the words of Allah, if they refuse to hear the words of Allah, then no protection from Muslims. My opponent said "It wasnt die or believe as you think it was for offensive infidels to die but peaceful ones to seek refuge and no harm on them and dont tell me this verse was abrogated because according to what youvbelieve this is the last Chapter of the Quran and in your beloef it is in stage 3 I demmand your explqnation of this! " The last chapter of the Qur'an that were supposedly revealed was chapter 9. I can understand why Muslims, like you don't like quoting from it, it's the most violent chapter in the Qur'an. You asked me to provide you a verse where it says Offensive jihad is allowed...here it is: Surah 9:29 - Fight those who believe not in Allah, nor the last day, nor hold that which is forbidden by Allah and his messenger until they pay the jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. Notice, the verse doesn't say "fight those who attack you" it doesn't say "fight those who are oppressing you". The criteria for fighting people is given as "who believe not in Allah or his messenger". The verse DOES NOT say fight those who are attacking you, so please don't try to put words into the Qur'an. My opponent said "and in th same Chapter"Who kills a soul without being for justice incourt is as if he killed all the people amd who made it live as if he made all the people live" This is by far I think your worst argument. Muslims in the West often quote Surah 5:32 (the one you quoted) in order to prove that Islam forbids killing. The key to interpreting a passage correctly is to READ IT IN CONTEXT. Either in the immediate context of the verse, the context of the chapter it is in, or the context of the Qur'an as a whole. Let's see what Surah 5:32 ACTUALLY means when read IN CONTEXT: Surah 5:30 - "And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers." quick note: it was Cain who killed Abel in this passage. Surah 5:31 - "Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful." Surah 5:32 - "BECAUSE OF THAT, We DECREED UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors. Because of what? Because of Cain murdering Abel. This law refers to who? The Muslims? No, the Children of Israel, as the passage clearly says. Let's continue... Surah 5:33 - "THE PUNISHMENT OF THOSE WHO WAGE WAR AGAINST ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER and STRIVE TO MAKE MISCHIEF IN THE LAND is only this, THAT THEY SHOULD BE MURDERED OR CRUCIFIED OR THEIR HANDS AND THEIR FEET SHOULD BE CUT OFF ON OPPOSITE SIDES OR THEY SHOULD BE IMPRISONED; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement. Ibn Kathir on Surah 5:33 - "`Wage war' mentioned here means, oppose and contradict, and it includes disbelief, blocking roads and spreading fear in the fairways. Mischief in the land refers to various types of evil. " So in context, the very verse that you quoted to prove that Islam doesn't allow killing, ACTUALLY allows Muslims to kill, crucify, and mutilate those who speak out against Allah or Muhammad. With that said, The Qur'an is a violent book. It allows Muslims to fight when they are uppermost, it allows Muslims to mutilate people who make fun of their God or their prophet, it allows Muslims to disrespect non-Muslims.