On September 11, 2001, America became aware of Islam.

 A look at the philosophical precepts that make the "religion of peace" anything but

By Jack Kerwick, May 16, 2013

  

As Robert Spencer, Pamela Gellar, and others have shown, as far as Islam is concerned, neither this infamous attack nor others before and since are anomalous. Rather, from its origins in the seventh century to the present, from Muhammad to bin Laden, Islam has been animated by a violent impulse.  Authors defending this thesis invariably allude to the military conquests of the Prophet, the particularly harsh punitive measures by which Islamic societies deal with transgressors of Islamic law, and any number of passages from the Koran calling for the death of unbelievers….. why this is so……From at least the time of the eighteenth century to the present, the Western world has been besieged by one sort of utopian fantasy or another that has left blood in its wake.  In fact, it was precisely in response to the abstract ideology of the French revolutionaries that modern conservatism arose.  The great Edmund Burke credited “the armed doctrine” of “Liberty, Fraternity, Equality,” with fueling the Jacobin’s lust for “universal empire.”  Had he lived, Burke would have doubtless seen that all “doctrine” that is divorced from the nit and grit of everyday reality, whether that of the Jacobins, socialists, communists, or fascists, is potentially “armed.” …To Read More….

My Take – This is an interesting article, and the explanation of the lack of narrative in the Koran is worth noting, but the real reason Islam isn’t a religion of peace is because it isn’t a real religion.  Islam is a criminal organization masquerading as a religion.  See, simple!  Once that is understood everything else is merely interesting and everthing they do and say is understood in the light of that reality.