"The Religion of Peace?"

They constantly tell us Islam is "The Religion of Peace." Apparently they've forgotten (or want us to ignore) these passages from the Koran (however they spell it today):

Sura (8:55) - Surely the vilest of animals in Allah's sight are those who disbelieve

Sura (48:29) - Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves

Sura (9:30) - And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah... Allah (Himself) fights against them. How perverse are they!

Sura (8:12) - I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them

Sura (9:123) - O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness

Sura (5:33) - The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His messenger and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement

These verses come from five different places in the Qur’an. There are dozens of others scattered throughout that advocate violence in open-ended fashion. There are hundreds more that speak of hatred and hell toward Christians, Jews, and other non-believers.(Is it any wonder that the Muslim world is split largely between those who tacitly support Islamic terror and those who do nothing about it?) (The Religion of Peace?)

They argue that the Old Testament of the Christian Bible is just as violent, but we do not recognize that as being today's "commandments," since Christ brought a different message before he was put to death by Islamics of the day. They do not make such a difference in their teaching from the Koran.