Islam is a peaceful religion, right?

Answer 1

People give any religion a bad name.

Answer 2

Many people here are saying that at the core, Islam is just as peaceful as Christianity. That, like in Christianity, it is those that proclaim the religion, but do not actually adhere to its principles are the reason for the violence. However, Christianity does not have a concept of a Holy War, while Islam does. Jesus told his followers to turn the other cheek. Mohammed told his followers to take up arms against infidels.

Islam is much more peaceful than we see on CNN, there is little doubt of that. Most of its followers do not want to go out and kill American Christians, or anything like that. However, compared to the teachings of Christianity, Islam is not a peaceful religion.

Answer 3

True faith in Islam

The pillars of the faith of Islam can be compared to the concept of a Statement of Faith, or Articles of faith. These are Islamic concepts of essentials of the faith.

Allah
Allah is the supreme being of all. He is uncreated, the creator of all, without beginning or end. He is completely sufficient to himself and needs no other. He does not have offspring nor a spouse. He knows all things, is everywhere, and is all powerful. He hears all prayers. Everything that occurs does so by his permission.
His Angels
Angels reside in the unseen world and carry out the commands of Allah. They cannot sin. Muhammad stated that it was the angel Gabriel that brought the message of the Koran to him.
His Messengers
People who have been sent from Allah to a particular group of people for the purpose of giving to them the message revealed by Allah. Some of them are Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, and, of course, Muhammad. Islam teaches that all messengers previous to Muhammad were sent to limited people groups where Muhammad was sent to all people.
His Books
Islam recognizes many sacred scriptures that have been given by Allah throughout history. However, Muslims claim that only the Quran is trustworthy and that the other scriptures have been compromised because we do not posses their original manuscripts. They assert that the accounts of the Bible were written down hundreds of years later and cannot be considered inerrant, and they were written in ancient languages which have been lost. Therefore, exact translations are not possible. Nevertheless, the scriptures recognized in Islam are:
The Koran - The Koran (Qur'an) is the inspired word of Allah given to people through the Prophet Muhammad and it supercedes all other scriptures before it including. It alone is inerrant and trustworthy as a revelation for today. It is unchanged from the beginning.
The Torah -the first five books of Moses.
The Injil - the gospel message of Jesus in the New Testament
The Psalms - the sacred writings given to David.
The Last Day
There is a future day in which this world and its governments and systems will come to an end and all people will face judgment based upon their deeds. Muslims go to paradise and non-Muslims go to hell.
Divine Preordainments good or bad
In Islam, Allah is completely in control of all things and ordains all things that

Answer 4

I'm convinced there are two kinds of people in the world, the conquerers and the conquered. Unfortunately, history has proven there's no way around this on Planet Earth. People can use their religion, personal convictions or philosophies for doing certain acts - the bottom line is there is greed & violence everywhere.

Answer 5

Islam is just as peaceful as Christianity.

Just like Christianity is a religion of love (unless you are gay, or educated, or don't pay tithes)

Answer 6

Salam (Peace)!
Yes it is! Don't listen to the media and those who have second hand knowledge. If you are in doubts, read about Islam and you'll be fascinated. Almost everyone is whoever learns of Islam.
Take care!

Answer 7

Just as peaceful as Christianity.

It's the Christians and Muslims their religions a bad name.

Answer 8

Indeed it is! and those who are killing others and attacking with bombs and stuff have no right to be called muslims nor should islam be blamed for it ..it is their illiterateness that is causing all these wars and rivalry.

Answer 9

It is a reasonalbe religion but some of its followers are evil killers with no regard for human life.

Answer 10

It's supposed to be, but the ones strapping bombs to their bodies and blowing up people in the marketplace are proving otherwise.