Re:Peace (Score 1)

Here you go again, Moryath! Not only you've picked the verses out of context, you've even omitted parts of the verses. I don't know what your intention is to use the world 'Allah' instead of using 'God', since you've translated the verses to English anyway and kept that intact. Is this to add a bit more sensation so that every reader who may believe in a Creator may think that Islam implies somebody else? Or is it the same type of propaganda some people are using when they emphasize on the "Hussein" part of Barak Obama?

[Verse 2:191] And slay them wherever you may come upon them, and drive them away from wherever they drove you away - for oppression is even worse than killing. [168] And fight not against them near the Inviolable House of Worship unless they fight against you there first; [169] but if they fight against you, slay them: such shall be the recompense of those who deny the truth. Here's some explanation: In view of the preceding ordinance, the injunction "slay them wherever you may come upon them" is valid only within the context of hostilities already in progress (Razi), on the understanding that "those who wage war against you" are the aggressors or oppressors (a war of liberation being a war "in God's cause"). The translation, in this context, of fitnah as "oppression" is justified by the application of this term to any affliction which may cause man to go astray and to lose his faith in spiritual values (cf. Lisan al-Arab).(Quran Ref: 2:190 )

I have a friend, who is quite old, came from the Middle East, and is a Jew. According to her, Muslims and Jews used to live peacefully in the Middle East, and this animosity is relatively new and mostly political.

I don't care what most of the people in this country say about Islam or Quran. Most of them have never read a single verse, or only have read excerpts from the summaries like the one you've made; and in many cases they're very happy that they're free from any obligation or responsibilities imposed by the new-found root of all evil in the current world---religion. Whether you believe in (one) Creator or not, please critically ask yourself next time if you're doing a good application of your knowledge by posting something even, factual, and unbiased, or it is driven solely by whatever subconscious agenda you may have.