Let’s not Forget: Islam’s a “Religion of Peace”

“The moment Muhammad was able to start fighting, he started launching battles
at a rate of nine battles a year until he died.”
– Nabeel Qureshi, as quoted in “Is Islam a Religion of Peace?“,
by Dargan Thompson, June 16, 2016

And since the death of Muhammad on June 8, 632 AD at the age of 65, apparently from eating poisoned sheep, groups of Islam’s most radical followers have continued the battle to convert everyone to Islam and rid the world of Zionism.

Their first goal – converting everyone to Islam – is the foundation of their faith and found in their holiest book, the Quran:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَرۡسَلَ رَسُولَهُۥ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ ٱلۡحَقِّ لِيُظۡهِرَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلدِّينِ كُلِّهِۦ وَلَوۡ كَرِهَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكُونَ,

“It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad SAW) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), to make it superior over all religions even though the Mushrikun (polytheists, pagans, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) hate (it).”
– 9:33 Quran with Tafsir, Muhsin Khan

Worldwide, between 1979 and May 2021 (42 years),

Islamist terrorists have…

Committed at least 48,035 attacks..
Using bombs/explosives as their most common weapon (43.9%).
Killing at least 210,138 people (an average of 4.4 people per attack)..
With their main targets being…
   military (31.7%),
   civilians (25.0%) and
   police forces (18.3%)..

Also…

Afghanistan was the country most affected by Islamist terrorism..
Within the European Union, France was the country most affected, with at least 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths..
The majority of Islamist attacks (89.5%) were in Muslim countries..
The majority of victims were Muslims.

As for their other goal – ridding the world of Zionism – I’m guessing they’re motivated by more than a Jewish woman’s apparent success in assassinating Muhammad with a poisoned sheep.

In Israel alone, between 1979 and 2019 (40 years):

There were 414 confirmed attacks by Islamist terrorists.
Their attacks resulted in 776 deaths and 3,641 wounded.
The groups responsible were
   Hamas (44.7%),
   Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) (32%),
   Hezbollah (10.8%),
   Ansar Jerusalem (2.4%), and
   Other Groups (10.1%).
Their most frequent means of terror were
   Bombing/Explosion (82.6%),
   Armed Assault (11.4%),
   Assassination (4.3%),
   Hostage Taking (Kidnapping) (0.7%),
   Facility/Infrastructure Attack (0.5%), and
   Unknown Methods (0.5%).

NOTE: These numbers do not include terror attacks suspected to have been carried out or funded by Islamist terrorist groups.

The surprise attack on Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023 has resulted in more Israeli deaths and casualties than all other Islamist attacks on Israel during the last 44 years combined.

The numbers and statistics I’ve quoted were from “Islamist Terrorist Attacks in the World 1979-2021“, Dominique Reynié (dir.), Fondation pour l’innovation Politique, September 2021. To download their entire data spreadsheet in Excel format click here. My thanks and a tip of the ‘ol Red Sox cap to them for all their hard work.

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