Does Islam Promote Violence?

For most Americans, Islam was a religion that lived on the periphery of their lives, a culture they caught glimpses of in movies and television shows. Then came the tragic events of 9/11, and suddenly the Western world was desperately grasping to understand a religion they knew precious little about. With all the questions swirling around the true nature of Islam, none has been asked more than this: Does Islam promote violence?

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Jihad Means Striving, Not Holy War

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Holy War

The Crusades, though in execution nothing for Christians to be proud of, were an effort to reply to the violent conquest of Christian occupied land by the Muslim armies from the East.

- aramkr March 7, 2009 7:58PM

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Mein Kampf = my struggle = Jihad

That Jihad means struggle and not war is just good spin. Hitler was also good at spin. Some books have caused a lot of human suffering before antidotes for the "idea viruses" they contained were understood. Some of the worst are:
1) The Communist Manifesto
2) Mein Kampf
3) The Quran

- goodmen777 March 9, 2009 8:06AM

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