Just for fun, and speaking of "Terror" and "the religion of Peace," would you like to see an argument from Muslim apologists?
There's a quote from the koran:
~ Quran (8:12)
~ I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them ~You can find the apologist explanation of that here:
http://www.islam101.com/terror/verse8_12.htmBasically they call for an understanding of context. The idea is Mohammed was only giving battle instructions to instruct his followers on how to defend themselves at the Battle of Badr.
The idea is Badr was purely defensive.
But here's the Encyclopedia Britannica's explanation of the Battle of Badr.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-BadrNow I imagine the apologist would explain that battle differently, but those are the basic facts of the debate.
If you've ever seen this debate played out in real time though you'd see the next move is to say, "Yeah, but Christ said nasty violent stuff too. What about Matthew 10:34."
Very well. Here's the Christian apologist's explanation of Christ saying "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth, but a sword."
http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/ ... _10_34.htmAgain the apologist (in this case Christian) makes a call to "context," except here he tells us this passage comes from a bit where Christ is giving his marching orders to the disciples on how to go out and preach after he's gone. The claim is "the sword is metaphor." And there's another passage from the same period where Christ tells Peter to put his literal sword away, because if you live by the sword you'll die by the sword. And who doesn't know Christ often spoke in metaphor, so does it make sense that he was doing so here?
Read the whole thing if you like, but I would claim a false equivalency.