INVESTIGATING ISLAM

Islam Does NOT Mean Peace

The Reality of Jihad and Submission 🚨

Islam is often presented as a "religion of peace," but this is a misleading narrative. The word "Islam" itself means submission, not peace. The peace it promises is strictly conditional—available only to those who submit to Islamic rule. Historically, Islam has expanded through war, conquest, and the subjugation of non-Muslims. This is not an opinion but a documented historical and doctrinal reality, as revealed in the Qur’an, Hadith, and the writings of Islamic scholars.

📌 The True Meaning of "Islam": Submission, NOT Peace

Islam is derived from the Arabic root "S-L-M," which means submission or surrender.
Scholarly Consensus:
- "Islam means submission, that is, submission to the will of Allah." — (Arthur Jeffery, Islam: Muhammad and His Religion)
- "The term Islam in the lexicon of the Arabs means 'Submission' to God." — (Caesar E. Farah, Islam: Beliefs and Observances)

✅ Peace in Islam Only Follows Submission

"And a Muslim is 'one who submits' or surrenders to the will of God, thereby attaining peace." — (Peter Occhigrosso, The Joy of Sects)
This means peace is only for those who fully accept Islam—not for non-Muslims.

🔥 Conclusion: Islam is about domination and submission, not peace.

📌 Islam’s Concept of Peace: Convert, Submit, or Die

✅ The Quran’s Three Options for Non-Muslims

1️⃣ Convert to Islam: Accept Muhammad as the final prophet and Allah as the only God.
2️⃣ Submit as Dhimmis: Non-Muslims can live under Islamic rule as second-class citizens, paying the jizya tax.
3️⃣ Be Fought and Subdued: Those who reject Islam must be fought and conquered.

✅ Quranic Commands of Violence Against Non-Muslims

Surah 9:5: "Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them…"
Surah 9:29: "Fight those who do not believe in Allah… until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued."
Surah 48:29: "Those who follow Muhammad are merciless to unbelievers but kind to each other."
Surah 8:12: "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Smite them above the necks…"

✅ The Hadith Confirms This Doctrine

Sahih al-Bukhari 1.24: "I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah…"
Sahih Muslim 1.33: "I am commanded to fight the people until they say ‘La ilaha illallah’ (There is no god but Allah)."

🔥 Conclusion: Islam’s "peace" is conditional—it is only for those who submit to Islam.

📌 Islam’s History: A Religion of Conquest, Not Coexistence

✅ The Reality of Islamic Expansion

Muhammad’s Lifetime:
- Muhammad led over 65 military campaigns against non-Muslims.
- The conquest of Mecca was achieved by force, not peaceful preaching.
The Rashidun Caliphs (632–661 AD):
- Islam expanded through military conquest of Persia, Byzantine territories, and North Africa.
The Umayyad and Abbasid Empires:
- These caliphates continued military expansion, enforcing Islamic rule over conquered lands.

✅ Historical Confirmation from Islamic Leaders

Ayatollah Khomeini: "Islam says: ‘Kill all the unbelievers just as they would kill you all!’ Islam says: ‘Kill them, put them to the sword and scatter them.’"
Ibn Khaldun (14th-century historian): "In the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission."
Sayyid Qutb (modern Islamic scholar): "The foremost duty of Islam is to depose the government and society of unbelievers."

🔥 Conclusion: Islam’s historical expansion was through war and submission, not peaceful preaching.

📌 Islam’s Command to Hate and Fight Non-Muslims

✅ Quranic Verses Promoting Hostility

Surah 5:51: "Do not take Jews and Christians as friends… whoever does is one of them."
Surah 60:4: "We have renounced you; and enmity and hatred is begun between us and you forever, until ye believe in Allah alone."
Surah 9:123: "Fight the unbelievers who are near to you, and let them find firmness in you."

✅ The Hadith Confirms This Hostility

Sahih Muslim 4363: "The earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I wish to expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula."
Sahih al-Bukhari 9:50, 57: "No Muslim should be killed for killing a kafir (unbeliever)."

🔥 Conclusion: Islam commands Muslims to hate, fight, and dominate non-Muslims.

📌 The True Islamic Definition of Jihad

✅ Jihad: Not Just an "Inner Struggle"

Quranic Definition: Jihad primarily means "war against non-Muslims to spread Islam."
- Surah 9:5: "Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them…"
- Surah 61:10-12: "Allah loves those who fight in His cause."
Jihad in Hadith:
- Sahih Bukhari 1.35: "The best of deeds is to believe in Allah and His Messenger, then Jihad."
- Sahih Muslim 20:4696: Muhammad promised Paradise to those who die in Jihad.

🔥 Conclusion: The Islamic concept of Jihad is warfare against unbelievers, not peaceful self-improvement.

🚨 Final Verdict: Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace 🚨

Islam means submission, NOT peace.
The Quran commands violence against non-Muslims.
Islamic history proves Islam spread by war, not peaceful preaching.
Jihad means physical warfare, not spiritual struggle.
Muslims are commanded to fight until Islam rules over all religions.

📌 Islamic apologists who claim “Islam means peace” are either ignorant or deceptive.

📌 The Quran and Hadith are clear: Islam means submission, conquest, and the subjugation of non-Muslims.

💥 FINAL CONCLUSION: Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace.

Islam only promises peace to those who submit.
For non-Muslims, Islam means war, persecution, and forced submission.
The historical and doctrinal evidence is irrefutable: Islam is a religion of domination, not peace.

🚨 GAME OVER. The "Islam is a religion of peace" myth is completely debunked. 🚨