Islam is a religion of peace

I could write more but I need 10K charectars i am used to instead of 8KThe verse of Surat An-Nisa has been taken out of context. If you read the preceding verses you realize that this is directed at those people who in their hearts know that Islam is the true religion yet still refuse to follow it. What ever the case is, Violence and terror is still violence and terror. Justified or not, it is still terror. If an employee of a certain company knows that the orders have come from the CEO but refuses to carry them out then does not the CEO hold the right to punish that employee? Well the CEO does not have the right to terrorize that employee with fire. Besides the Employee made a voluntary agreement to do his job and to follow the CEO. However, I did not sign a voluntary agreement when I was born that I will follow the Quran and abstain from sex before marriage, worshipping other gods or lack of worship all together. I did not voluntarily agree to the punishment being hell. The connection between CEO-Employee is voluntary, however with God-Human it is forced. The concept of Heaven and Hell is the concept of reward and punishment, It is in Human nature to avoid punishment and strive to achieve a reward that is the best form of motivation you can offer a Human Being. Irrelevant, the result is terror. People are terrified to burn in hell. If hell is a concept of punishment and if it is threatened upon those who disbelieve (as stated in the above quote) and those who choose to leave Islam, it is de facto use of terror. Whoever disbelieves in Allah after his belief... except for one who is forced[to renounce his religion] while his heart is secure in faith. But those who [willingly] open their breasts[hearts] to disbelief, upon them is wrath from Allah and for them is a great punishment;(Surat An-Nahl 16:106) [1] I am sorry, it is a joke to call a religion or ideology or whatever peaceful if you get a great punishment to question and disbelieve said religion/ideology/whatever. Shirq vs Murder During my Research about Islam, I have found that murder is NOT the worst thing in Islam, I have heard Muslim scholars including the famous/infamous Zakir Naik say the same. Murder is at number 2. Murder is punishable by death upon which the murderer is immediately sent to the hellfire. This is terror, Finite crimes on Earth do not deserve an infinite punishment in Hell. This should not be hard to grasp. While I do agree Murder is a terrible crime, threatening people with eternal suffering is terror, like it or not. What's even worse is that Shirq is listed as a sin worse than murder. Shirq is the worshipping of a being other than Allah or associating an object with Allah. This means that the 800 million - 1 Billion Idol worshipping Hindus of India are all worse than murderers and should be punished with something worse than the punishment of a murderer. Really man? How does Pro justify the religious hatred that is present and justify the punishment of Hindus with something worse than murder? To add insult to injury, Allah says in the Quran that: Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly fabricated a tremendous sin.(Surat An-Nisa 4:48) [1] What this is saying is that Allah does not forgive those who associate objects with Allah, but forgives what is less that (crimes lesser than Shirq, *including murder*) So, Hindus are doomed and will never be forgiven however Murderers may be forgiven. My father and I are ex-Hindus, my mother isstill a Hindu. We all used to worship Idols (and my mom continues). We are effectively being threatened with hell with no chance of redemption (Terror) by the teachings of Islam in none other than the Quran itself. Eternal terror also applies to you, dear reader, if you are a practising or former Hindu. [Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip."(Surat al Anfal 8:12)[1] The Quran itself has conceded that God will cast terror into the hearts of those who desbelieve. I will not deny the existence of verses that condemn disbelievers to Hellfire but why is topic for a debate itself and completely irrelevant to the topic at hand hence I will not go into it. It is VERY relevant. Pro says that a religion of terror teaches to prefer violence/terrorism. Is not condeming Disbelievers and Idolators to hellfire violence? Is that not terrorism as it instills fear and terror? For future references cite verses of Quran or Qoutes of the Prophet (S.A.W) that actually incite Muslims to commit terrorism. The death sentence must be given to Murderers under Sharia Law. This means that worshipping Idols, which is worse than Murder, must therefore recieve an equal or larger punishment. Surely this will incite Muslims to commit acts of murder, unjustified violence and of course, terrorism. One of the names of Allah is “Al Rahman” the Merciful and another is “Al Ghafoor” the most forgiving.The above quotes show that Allah is not Merciful or the most forgiving (for about a Billion Hindus) and therefore the names given here are simply just names with little meaning. Its like how North korea is called Democratic People's Republic of Korea but is neither a Republic nor is it democratic. Pro himself mentions that Shirk/Idol worshipping is not forgiven. Pro's argument is therefore invalid.The below quotes from Pro refer to the Muslim warlord arguments.In that scenario the Muslim Warlord will be going against the command of Allah and hence doing an evil deed,The command of Allah being refered to here is negotiating peace. This brings up a question. If Allah has the power to command Human beings to stop any and all conflicts, why in the world does not the conflict stop the second before they are started and why must so many innocents die during the war and suffer its after effects on society?Remember that Allah is the inspiration, the role model of Muslims who hope to learn what they can from Allah's supposedly infinite wisdom. The impression being recieved here is that war, violence and terror are not something to be halted due to divine intervention. Which is why there were & are so many conflicts in the Muslim world.If you read the verse closely it says accept peace and put your trust [to maintain peace] in Allah. Palestinians, atleast the West Bank did just that. However, they did not recieve peace and are still oppressed. They did not recieve justice. Besides, if the Muslim Warlord does not accept peace, why is Allah tolerating the deaths of the soldiers who dare not question the warlord? Is this the impression Allah wants to give us? 'Peace? meh' The reason for this is that Knowledge of what lies in a person’s heart is considered knowledge of the unseen and this is what Allah says about knowledge of the unseen...To claim to have a power that Allah has not given to any humans accept the chosen Prophets is like saying that the person is better than the Prophets hence wrong.This kind of Authoritative claims is what the Islamic community uses to prevent questioning. Rather, they would prefer to Praise Allah when Palestine finally recieves peace and Justice (which they *eventually* will of course) but will not see that Allah has allowed thousands, perhaps millions, of innocents to be killed. How is anyone supposed to trust Allah with the task of propagating and preaching peace if he has the power to stop terror but does not? Sources: [1]http://quran.com...;(copy paste the exact verse numbers into search box, for eg. 8:12 this minor inconveniance is to ease the burden of citing of several passages) [2]http://www.quran.mu...;[This site lists sins in order of Worst to Least, all other sites i have seen list them in the same order]