That Islam is perfect...

OPPONENT STATEMENT 1: "I accept that islam is the perfect religion." OPPONENT STATEMENT 2: "Thus it is the duty of my opponent to show that following the laws of islam does not lead to the best form of peace." OPPONENT STATEMENT 3: "Thus any law in which my opponent claims leads to imperfection when establishing peace must come from the qur'an or sunnah." We are all aware that right now Muslims are attacking and killing people and themselves. This is a fact. Extremist suicide bombers are real. My opponent will argue that these are not true Muslims. That they are not following the laws set out in the Qu'ran. This leads me to my first point: ================= Islam's scriptures are imperfect: How else do you explain the fact that they can be so badly misinterpreted? ================= Here are a few quotes from the Qu'ran... Qur'an (2:216) - "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." Qur'an (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority". Qur'an (4:74) - "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward." Believe me when I say that I know that normal, reasonable, sensible Muslims exist; Muslims who understand the context of these quotes. That is beside the point. The fact remains that if anyone wanted to, they could easily interpret these quotes as "Go and fight and terrify non-believers and you will be bestowed a vast reward." They wouldn't even have to try very hard, as I basically just paraphrased the quotes and used exactly the same words that were already there. Extremist Islamic leaders can quickly incite violence and murder just by reading these sorts of quotes. Before I pose my next argument, let me define Peace. If my opponent has any problem with these definitions, let him provide a better one in round two. Peace, the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world. Peace, a state of mutual harmony between people or groups, esp. in personal relations. In otherwords, not fighting. ====================== Buddhism: A much more peaceful religion than Islam. ====================== I can already tell you, based on this very statement being purposed to my opponent what I expect his counter-argument will be: "Islam promotes Peace, but if someone needs to defend themselves and their families, shouldn't they be allowed to?" That is fine. However, let's talk for a moment about the founders of the two religions; Don't the followers look to the founder as an example? Mohummad, founder of Islam waged a Holy war against his enemies. This is a historical fact. Buddha, found of Buddhism did not wage any war. It stands to reason that Islamic people are more likely to physically fight for a cause than Buddhists. There is nothing wrong with that, but this sort of mentality will soon see you stripped of your 'Most Peaceful Religion' title very quickly. CONCLUSION: I have shown that Islam is not perfect. There are thousands apon thousands of followers around the world who are misinterpreting the holy Qu'ran. This leads to them killing themselves and innocent people. My opponent should convert to Buddhism immediately. Thank you.