Islam is a religion of peace

In order to understand Islam we must first understand

how this creed was created. It was created in the 8th
century when apparently the prophet started to hear the
voice of Gabriel and apparently created the Quran.
Whether you believe this story is not the point, but the
point of this debate is to define what the Quran taught.
To understand the Quran, first we must understand the
founder Mohammed. Muhammad was said to be a
merchant that worked for a business owned by a 40 year
old women Khadija. When Muhammad was 25, Khadija
came and begged for marriage. She said that
Muhammad was the only sincere individual in her
business and begged for marriage. Muhammad
accepted. When Muhammad was in his 40s, Mecca was

in the stage of Aggressive Capitalism. Capitalism was

everywhere. All people in Mecca wanted profit. The
youngers seemed to be very awkward around the
aggressive capitalism that surrounded them. They came
to Muhammad for advice usually. A lot of young people
trusted Muhammad. All were convinced of his honesty.
Perhaps all of this seems to be bias information about a
leader. Even I myself would not trust this information.
But, what has led me to trust in this information are the
verses of the Quran, and the people willing to follow
him. The young were so influenced by Muhammad.
When Muhammad started hearing Gabriel, he started
telling his family. His wife Khadija believed every
single word that came from him, and advocated that he
start preaching it. The young that would used to come

for advice would believe every single word. There was

an incident in where Muhammad was trying to take the
young to the rich businesses and start demanding
charity would be given to the poor. Capitalism was
controlling every part of the rich. The rich said no.
Muhammad said the famous line("When the rich
disobey the natural law of Allah(not giving charity,)
there civilization will fall, for the oppressed will revolt)
Muhammad lead a sort of revolution, and than died
after it. The people of Islam gathered and started
plotting on how they can spread their religion. Source:
Book(Muhammad: A prophet of the time) This book
was also written by a Christian to assure you no bias.

Now , that we have covered the founder, now we must

cover the Quran. Let's start with this quote from the
Quran("whoever kills a person it is as if he had killed
mankind ( or humanity) entirely. And whoever saves
one - it is as if he had saved mankind ( or humanity)
entirely.")
Verses
"Whoever kills a person who has a truce with the
Muslims will never smell the fragrance of Paradise."

"Beware! Whoever is cruel and hard on a non-Muslim

minority, or curtails their rights, or burdens them with
more than they can bear, or takes anything from them
against their free will; I (Prophet Muhammad) will
complain against the person on the Day of Judgment."

"Anyone who kills a Non-Muslim who had become our

ally will not smell the fragrance of Paradise"

"Humanity is but a single Brotherhood, so do not break

the brethren".

In Islam, People say this phrase during there 5 time

prayers. "But turn away from them, and say peace, for
they shall soon know". If ISIS is true to its religion it is
obligated to say this phrase. So it is fair to assume that
they are hypocritical 5 times per day.

4:34 Husbands should take full care of their wives, with

[the bounties] God has given to some more than others
and with what they spend out of their own money.

Righteous wives are devout and guard what God would

have them guard in the husbands" absence. If you fear
high-handedness from your wives, remind them [of the
teaching of God], then ignore them when you go to bed,
then hit them. If they obey you, you have no right to act
against them.
My opponent has listed this quote to project a false
image of Islam. Let's first take a historical lesson.
WOMEN were always mistreated by men. It didn't
matter whether you were a Christian, Muslim, Jew, Life
was hell for women. You may also know that Islam was
made during the Dark Ages in where science was
apprised and women were mistreated. They would
commonly call women witches. My opponent brings
out this quote. First of all his attack was this promotes

inequality when he forgot also another quote("All who

are Muslim are equal in the eyes of Allah") So, think of
Islam as one big family. A family who gives duties to
each gender. The men traditionally will be the
breadwinner while the female will traditionally stay at
home. Women actually lived probably better lives in
Islam than in Christianity because Women were literally
burned for being a witch. This is not what happened in
Islam. In Islam, women would have a duty. If disobeyed
beaten. Barbaric isn't it. But, the women does have a
choice to say I am not following this religion. Bye. If
someone tries to kill her than "Anyone who kills a NonMuslim who had become our ally will not smell the
fragrance of Paradise". He is not following Islam.
Therefore Islam can still keep it's peace title, but the

people can't.

5:33 Indeed, the punishment of those who fight Allah

and His Messenger and who go around corrupting the
land is to be killed, crucified, have their hands and feet
cut off on opposite sides, or to be banished from the
land. That is a disgrace for them in this life, and in the
life to come theirs will be a terrible punishment.
who fight Allah and His "Messenger" Messenger =
Prophet Muhammad or anyone who delivers a holy
message. Islam is traditionally eye for an eye; tooth for
a tooth. If you hit or kill the prophet the same will be
done to you. Hands and feet cut also happened during
those days.