Given current conflicts in the Middle East and Islamic extremism, we need all the light we can shed on the beliefs of Muslims.
We are told Islam is a religion of peace; anyone telling you that is just engaged in uninformed, wishful thinking or is deliberately trying to deceive you. Islam is not a religion of peace at all; the perpetrators of terrorism are following the edicts clearly given in the Surahs (verses) that constitute the Quran, their holy book. The word Islam means submission.
The Quran dictates repeatedly that its followers must convert you to Islam or kill you if you refuse to convert. Much of the Quran speaks not about religion but only about how one must send; it commands how one must live, dress, treat women and slaves, and practice jihad. The Quran is replete with Surahs directing its followers to violence.
Some examples follow:
Surah 3:151: "We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve (all non-Muslims) …"
Surah 2:191: "And kill them (non-Muslims) wherever you find them … kill them. Such is the recompense of the disbelievers (non-Muslims)."
Surah 9:5: "Then kill the disbelievers (non-Muslims) wherever you find them, capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush …"
Allah orders Muslims in the Quran to terrorize non-Muslims on His behalf.
"Strike terror (into the hearts of) the enemies of God and your enemies." Surah 8:60
Fight (kill) them (non-Muslims), and God will punish, (torment) them by your hands, cover them with shame." Surah 9:14
" I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, smite ye above their necks, and smite all their fingertips off them. It is not ye who slew them; it was God." Surah 8:13-17.
Please don’t tell me I’m wrong, I have practiced Islam for 35 years, and during that time I was involved in causing harm to many Christians, all under the umbrella of Islam religion, Islamic terrorists are not going to just go away and leave us alone, according to the Quran, they must persist until we are either all converted to Islam or killed.
