Just the other day I asked why Jihad is a religious obligation of all Muslims. I have also been going through local newspapers to see sense all to no avail after the Garissa Attack . Nobody has said Islam is bad, it is the ideology that raises questions. Various Muslim leaders have come out to lecture us - That Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a few elements . Why would a religion struggle to tell us that they are a religion of peace ?
After All, Islam is a religion of Peace. The Quran preaches peace and calls for tolerance and peaceful coexistence . If you criticize Islam you are labelled a hater, Islamophobia obsessed self loathing Idiot . For us to stop Radicalization, we must tell each other the truth. I was not born to sugarcoat issues, I was born to speak my mind This is how Islam is a religion of peace . Quran (2:191-193) - "And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing... but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. Quran (2:244) - "Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things." Quran (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." Quran (3:56) - "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help." Quran (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". Quran (66:9) - "O Prophet! Strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites, and be stern with them. Hell will be their home, a hapless journey's end." Quran (61:10-12) - "O You who believe! Shall I guide you to a commerce that will save you from a painful torment. Quran (61:4) - "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way" Quran (48:29) - "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves" Quran (48:17) - "There is no blame for the blind, nor is there blame for the lame, nor is there blame for the sick (that they go not forth to war). And whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow; and whoso turneth back, him will He punish with a painful doom." Quran (47:35) - "Be not weary and faint-hearted, crying for peace, when ye should be uppermost (Shakir: "have the upper hand") for Allah is with you," Quran (47:3-4) - "Those who disbelieve follow falsehood, while those who believe follow the truth from their Lord... So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)... If it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost." Quran (33:60-62) - "If the hypocrites, and those in whose hearts is a disease, and the alarmists in the city do not cease, We verily shall urge thee on against them, then they will be your neighbors in it but a little while. Quran (25:52) - "Therefore listen not to the Unbelievers, but strive against them with the utmost strenuousness..." Quran (21:44) - "We gave the good things of this life to these men and their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We gradually reduce the land Quran (17:16) - "And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the people of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction." Quran (9:123) - "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness"
Religion of Peace Indeed