Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

[Drivere]

The definition of "terrorism" is not so to-the-point, allowing a wide range of examples to be branded as "terrorism," such as anti-abortion violence, environmental terrorism, black radicalism, Puerto Rican nationalism, antisemitism, white supremacy, and left-wing and right-wing extremism as well as anti-government movements. What most people think of when they hear the word "terrorism" is almost always related to religious groups and bombs and/or shootings. Now, let's joke for a moment: I haven't heard a Christian go out and bomb themselves in a crowd, shouting, "For the Lord!" or "God, save me!"

"Of the one thousand terror attacks (yet, again, notice the unclear definition), Muslims were less than 2%." That's just simply wrong when looking at the source of that quote. The original source says, "Less than 2 percent of terrorist attacks in the EU are religiously motivated." The article was written in early 2015. As we all know, in the wake of the refugee crisis, we can only guess what the future has in store. Now that European countries have easily been infiltrated by potential militants, the next terror attack is not only a potential threat but a matter of time.

I think we derailed a little bit. There are peaceful Muslims, yes. But I think we were talking about why Islam isn't the best religion when it comes to preventing terror attacks. Once again, the underlying issue can be found in the holy book.

And, I'm sorry, I disagree with you about how "Islam is portrayed as a horrible religion by the media." As a Christian myself, I do abominate Islam, quite frankly. Its views on various things are, to me as a person who grew up in the West and still in a diverse culture with various types of people, very wrong. I think I can safely say that it does that to itself.