Is it true that islam is the religion of peace ?

how peaceful they are ?

They blow themselves up. That's not very peaceful.

Unlike other religions their scripture specifically prohibits violence except in self defense.

"Behead those who insult Islam" "Kill those who say Islam is not peaceful." They're not peaceful and threatening lives doesn't make one peaceful at all.

no its the terrorist religion

A religion of peace is like the sex appeal of Bill O'Reilly there is none

The book is peaceful, but the people who read it, are not...

their theology is but do people apply it?
plus you guys need to be more respectful. it is not a terrorist religion or they do not blow themselves up. those are fundamentalist also known as jihad-the holy war.

Christians would be the same would way if we didn't have laws here.

Perhaps the greatest gift Muslims gave to the nations of the world is Islam. It is Islam?s philosophy of utilizing the knowledge of the Qur?an, purity in the heart and clarity in the mind that was responsible for influencing the nations of the world to better serve God, raise the standards of living, and promote justice and brotherhood for all.
It is the principles outlining the mission of Prophet Muhammad that made a global change in world?s scientific realm and world?s social and spiritual culture that formed the Golden Age of Islam, 7Th to 15Th century.
God said in the Holy Qur'an:
"A similar favor have you already received in that We have sent among you a Messenger (Muhammad) of your own, delivering to you Our Verses, and purifying you, and teaching you the Book (Qur'an) and the Wisdom.." Qur'an, 2:151
It was the vehicle of Muslim achievements in combining reason and faith, accumulating useful knowledge and creating the experimental method that subjected Europeans to get out of their "Dark Ages" and into the renaissance. Regarding this fact, Robert Briffault in his book, "The Making of Humanity" states:
"It was under the influence of the Arabs and Moorish revival of culture and not in the 15Th century, that a real renaissance took place. Spain, not Italy, was the cradle of the rebirth of Europe...Science is the most momentous contribution of Arab civilization to the modern world; but its fruits were slow in ripening. Not until long after Moorish culture had sunk back into darkness did the giant, which it had given birth to, rise in his might. It was not science only which brought Europe back to life. Other and manifold influence from the civilization of Islam communicated its first glow to European Life."
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