'Peace'...

I’m tired of hearing - as I did again yesterday - that “Islam is a religion of peace”, and that extremists and fundamentalists have hijacked this peaceful religion for their own violent ends. People seem happy to believe this ‘peaceful’ narrative, but only until they actually open a copy of the Koran and start reading. The calls to violence aren’t only to be found in the unhinged rantings of radical clerics; they are the common currency of Islamic teachings. There’s no need to hunt for violent verses in the Koran; they can be found on almost every page. Jihadists aren't corrupting a peaceful religion; they are just obeying God's commands...