Is Islam A Religion Of Peace Youtube

There'due south much discussion about terrorism and Islam beingness a religion of peace. 22 were killed and more than than fifty were injured exterior an Ariana Grande concert on May 22. Most recently, at least vii were killed and dozens wounded in London.

Is Islam a Religion of Peace was the subject of a debate between four scholars (Zeba Khan, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Maajid Nawaz, and Douglas Murray).

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Before the debate, the audience was able to vote if they agreed or disagreed that Isalm was a faith of peace. 41% said it is a peaceful religion; 25% said information technology isn't; and 34% were undecided.

After the debate 55% said Islam is non a faith of peace; 36% said it was a religion of peace, and 9% still remained undecided.

ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE from Intelligence Squared U.s.a..

I recollect that the speech that "won" the debate in the heed of the audience was given in Circular one past Douglas Murray:

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Douglas Murray:

Merely you've got the largest Sunni state of Kingdom of saudi arabia, the most important Sunni state in the world, the most extraordinary closed prison of a club. It'southward not a item. It's non a 1-off nut task. The Shiite republic of Iran is what it is, led by the people information technology'due south led by. That is not an blow. It's not a particular.

The thing that worries me is that although this evening we hear from the panelists here about how Islam is a religion of peace, the fact is that the people who are making the decisions in the religion, the people who are preaching the religion, the heads of that faith, people like Sheikh Qaradawi who broadcasts anti-Semitic — the nigh appalling filth every calendar week on the main network, that is the faith that is speaking for you guys.

The problem is that Islam is an unstable component, every bit a organized religion, an unstable component. A thousand years agone, the Mustabalites [spelled phonetically] tried to reform the religion. They were wiped out. The fact is that Islam is many things, many, many things. Merely to say information technology'due south a religion of peace is nonsense. It's to ignore reality. It's to ignore very hard but necessary facts, not paradigms, but facts.

To say that Islam is a religion of peace is to say something based entirely on hope. Information technology's to elevate a hope into truth. And I hope, as you will note, history teaches us that's a very bad thing to do. Thank you.

Other highlights from the interchange between panelists:

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Maajid Nawaz (believes Islam is a religion of peace):

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There'south a tendency when discussing Islam to suspend the tools that nosotros take learned and studied, and that you have studied as well, that we use to analyze every other piece of scripture and literature in the world, and that is that nosotros recognize that texts exercise not speak for themselves. We recognize that when we translate scriptures and texts and books and poetry that they are contextualized, that we take methodologies to approach them, when nosotros're reading Shakespeare, when we're reading annihilation. Nosotros recognize that there'southward a way to translate text and at that place are schools of thought and differences over how to arroyo texts.

Now, if nosotros contextualize Martin Luther, and say the Reformation was a good thing, despite the fact that he said, "Kill and slay the peasants wherever you find them," when they follow Thomas Muntzer — when he was calling for not simply breaking away from the papal authority simply also for rebelling against the monarchies and the dictators that they found themselves in — Martin Luther sided with the tyrants confronting Muntzer, and said, "Impale the peasants wherever you lot find them." Despite that, I'm prepared to say the Reformation was a good thing. And the reason I'grand prepared to say that is that Martin Luther must not exist judged by the standards of civilization that we, after an accumulation of thousands of years, have arrived at. He must be judged past the standards of civilization that were around during his time. And that's how guild evolves.

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One of the chief points Maajid Nawaz fabricated was that those who argue Islam is not a religion of peace have failed to "contextualize actions for the standards of their time." Even though Maajid Nawaz was against Muhammad taking a six year one-time to be his married woman, he believes the Qur'an and ahadith can be contextualized in a peaceful way for the standards of our time. There are several problems with this:

Times change
The words of Prophets should exist able to transcend the fallen standards of their time.
Jesus – in both words and deportment – transcended the standards of His time.

Maajid Nawaz made a bespeak of comparing Muhammad with Martin Luther. The problem is that Martin Luther was not a prophet. Martin Luther did not bring new revelation.

There were no Christians on the console. This, by itself, is not problematic. However, at that place were several half-truths or untruths the panelists made nigh Christianity and the Reformation that Christians would take effect with. As a Christian I would emphasize that Jesus is the Prince of Peace and compare the pedagogy and life of Jesus with the traditions of Muhammad which Muslims believe are a form of revelation.

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I surprised by Maajid'due south earlier comparison of Muhammad to Martin Luther. In this department he compares the Qur'an to the Constitution of the U.s. and the founding fathers. The Constitution can exist amended, merely nearly Muslims would non agree that the Qur'an can be amended. The founding fathers were not claiming to have revelation from the affections Gabriel. The lives of the founding fathers are not similar the Sunnah of Muhammad. The founding fathers tin can be criticized and pictures can be drawn of them without fear for one'due south life. This is non the example in Islam.

What practise y'all remember? Which panelist won the fence?