Is Islam a Peaceful Religion?
The penalty for Apostasy (leaving religion) in Islam is death. Something I am incredibly against, as I believe every person has the right to think how they want.
I want to know other people's opinions of whether or not Islam is a peaceful religion. Please provide examples if you're going to choose a side.
Yes
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No
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I hate to say but I don't think I can say they are a peaceful religion, or at least a lot of them are not peaceful. Dragging your wife into the street and shooting her just because she didn't obey you is too much. On the other hand, Christians have been known to kill just as many people. For instance, Serbia and Bosnia. Serbians massacred a lot of Bosnian Muslims. Side: No
I'd take it even further and say that all religions are cults and by their very nature, dangerous. Notwithstanding that there can be good done by any religion, I think the good is far exceeded by horrific harm. E.g., whenever our respective governments decide they're going to war, they implement egregious forms of propaganda including the invocation of their particular form of god to gain public support The U.S. showed enormous potential for being powerful on a legitimate level; unfortunately, it has elected to plunder and kill those in other countries that are rich in resources and vulnerable to attack. Whilst on the surface there is a separation of church and state, in practice it is entirely the opposite. While I find how Islam as practiced in Iran, Iraq, etc., etc. despicable, I'm not so sure that the U.S. and its allies are much better. This business of god being on our side defies good common sense. Side: No
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