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1 year, 5 months ago via islam-qna.com

Is Islam itself a violent religion or are some Muslims very violent people?

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mahaazar | 1 year, 5 months ago
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The name 'Islam' itself came from the word 'Salam' which means peace. How could a religion of peace be a violent religion. According to Quran, which Muslims believe as God's word, a person who kills an innocent is like the one who killed the whole humanity and the person who saves an innocent is like the one who saved the whole humanity.

However, there are also some violent acts done by Muslim name holders, like they are done by people of every religion. But, whenever a Muslim does a violence, the Media makes sure that they have linked Islam with them. But, when a non-muslim does a violence, the media never mind about their religion.

The media is also very happy to write about Muslims and hence often search, find, write and show about violence done by Muslims, even if it is very small, occurring at some corner of the world.

By doing so, the media has achieved in portraying Muslims as terrorists and Islam as a violent religion. But, the people who lived with Muslims would probably know that Islam is a religion of peace.

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malindalou | 1 year, 5 months ago
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Islam is not a violent religion. That is a very common misconception, spread by the large amount of media attention Islamic extremists get. Islamic extremists (also known as Islamic terrorists) believe in a cult version of Islam. Like other cults, it is a skewed version of its parent religion of Islam.

From peaceforlife.org

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A Muslim, who worships Allah has to be compassionate in his own behavior else his/her worship would not be complete.
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In a nutshell, the vast majority of Muslims believe, as Christians do, that we should have compassion for our fellow man. The now infamous term Jihad is an offensive attack against anyone who would unfairly threaten a Muslim. A Jihad is not intended to be a defensive attack.

So why are members of Islamic cults so violent? They have been taught to believe that Americans in particular (and the western world in general) wants to threaten them and their way of life. Their schools convince their pupils that the best way to honor Allah (Islamic term for God) is to attack the United States, the western world and its representatives.

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kazi09 | 1 year, 4 months ago
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