Islam is a Religion of Peace as Preached and Practiced.

And with a final display of confused, but earnest arrogance, my opponent hands me the debate as surely as the sun rises in the East. Let's take a look, shall we? >> "Is the above example of the 8 year old mentioned in the qur'an? NO. How about the sunnah? NO. Are there videos in the qur'an? NO. How about the sunnah? NO. Again, my opponent is proving nothing." Apparently my opponent is incapable of comprehending the phrase "as preached AND PRACTICED." >> "3 times I asked for evidence from the qur'an and sunnah and 3 times he shows examples from anything but the qur'an and sunnah. " Actually, the debate begins with several examples from the Qur'an. And the rest of the examples are from Islamic law, which is what my opponent asked for (Remember "a religion who's LAWS establish peace when followed" ??). The fact that none are drawn from the Sunnah is irrelevant. Islamic law is not based solely on the Sunnah. Sharia law is based on the Qur'an, the Sunnah, hadiths, religious scholars, analogy, and reason (though loosely on the last one). >> "Being that these are hadiths, we can agree that it is not from the qur'an. So that leaves the sunnah. So the question is, is this from the sunnah? The answer is no. Had my opponent actually studied islam, instead of cherry picking hadiths, he would have easily learned that." The interesting thing about this is that my opponent keeps referring to the "laws of Islam." Had HE undertaken a study of Islam, he would know that the hadiths are a fundamental part of Islamic jurisprudence. I encourage him to consult "al-Nukat ala Kitab ibn al-Salah" which has been referred to as "After the Qur'an itself, the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad form the most important foundation of Islamic thought" (http://kitaabun.com...). Further, the hadith is a specific subset of the Sunnah. The Sunnah refers to the words, actions, and way of life of Muhammad. The hadiths are collections of just his words and actions (http://www.al-islami.com...). And in his book, Introduction to Islam, Dr Muhammad Hamidullah states that: "the custodian and repository of the original teachings of Islam are found above all in the Quran and the Hadith …The Quran and the Hadith are the basis for ALL LAW. The teaching of Islam are based primarily on the Quran and the Hadith, and, as we shall presently see, BOTH ARE INSPIRED ON THE DIVINE INSPIRATION" (http://www.faithfreedom.org...) >> "So once again, your example is flawed. Instead, your example only shows how just Muhammad is, for he judged the jews according to their law." He judged the Jews according to their law? Perhaps you missed this part: "V3;B49;#860 - "A bedouin came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Judge between us according to ALLAH'S LAWS."" >> "And the question of how the laws in the qur'an does not establish peace still goes unanswered." Oh really? Perhaps you missed this: "Furthermore, since Islamic law derives directly from the Qur'an, any imperative statement in the Qur'an has force of law for Muslims (under Sharia law, at any rate). So verses like 2:191 (above), 9:5 (above), and 2:193 (above) are examples of imperatives under Islamic law. These are things that are required by Allah - laws of Islam." If any of the above verses are violent, which my opponent has already admitted, then it follows that the laws of Islam deliver violence. >> "The topic is whether the laws in islam establishes, not whether there's violence in islam." And here we have a radical misunderstanding of some very, very simple language. The topic is whether Islam is a religion of peace AS PREACHED and AS PRACTICED. My opponent has conceded the first point, and states that I have offered no proof of the second. I have continuously offered such proof for the last 3 rounds, and it has been completely ignored for the most part, save for the pitiful "response" he gives trying to discredit the quotes from the hadith. ******************************************************************** Here's some more resources to think about when considering Islam AS PRACTICED (remember, my opponent has conceded as preached). Jack Kelly, USA Today: "ZARQA, Jordan — The Hotaris are preparing for a party to celebrate the killing of 21 Israelis this month by their son, a suicide bomber. Neighbors hang pictures on their trees of Saeed Hotari holding seven sticks of dynamite. They spray-paint graffiti reading "21 and counting" on their stone walls. And they arrange flowers in the shapes of a heart and a bomb to display on their front doors. "I am very happy and proud of what my son did and, frankly, am a bit jealous," says Hassan Hotari, 54, father of the young man who carried out the attack June 1 outside a disco in Tel Aviv. It was Israel's worst suicide bombing in nearly four years. "I wish I had done (the bombing). My son has fulfilled the Prophet's (Mohammed's) wishes. He has become a hero! Tell me, what more could a father ask?"" Sheik Hasan Yosef: ""When I walk outside, young (Palestinian) children come up to me and say, 'Conduct another bombing to make us happy, sheik,' ""I cannot disappoint them. They won't have to wait long."" Ahmed , 11 years old: ""I will make my body a bomb that will blast the flesh of Zionists, the sons of pigs and monkeys [See 2:65 - this is in the Qur'an] ... I will tear their bodies into little pieces and cause them more pain than they will ever know." Saeed Hotari's father, on his son's suicide bombing that killed 21 people: "My prayer is that Saeed's brothers, friends and fellow Palestinians will sacrifice their lives, too... There is no better way to show God you love him." Hadith V4:b52:#176: "Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.' "" Here's some hope for if you have the misfortune to be born in a Muslim country... From "Reliance of the Traveler" (http://www.muhammadanism.org...) ""Someone raised among Muslims who denies the obligatoriness of the prayer, zakat, fasting Ramadan, the pilgrimage, or the unlawfulness of wine and adultery, or denies something else upon which there is scholarly consensus (ijmn', def:b7) and which is necessarily known as being of the religion (N: necessarily known meaning things that any Muslim would know about if asked) thereby becomes an unbeliever (kafir) and is executed for his unbelief..." ****************************************************************** A religion of peace? My opponent has already admitted that it is not a religion of peace as preached due to the incredible amount of violence in the Qur'an. His case to rebut the violence in the practice of Islam is hopeless. NEGATED.