The Violent Nature of Islam

Many Americans regard Islam as a religion that is essentially peaceful, and see terrorists like Bin Laden and others as betraying the core of their religion. Even President George W. Bush and his administration have publicly stated such things. For example, in his 2006 state of the union address he refered to radical Islam as "the perversion by a few of a noble faith into an ideology of terror and death." (http://www.c-span.org/executive/stateoftheunion.asp) Such things may be true in regard to Christianity, the dominant religion in America. For example, despite things like the Crusades and the Inquisition, we find that the immediate followers of Jesus recorded him saying such things as "....resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matthew 5:39). But, as it turns out, it is most definately NOT true of Islam. Witness the following quotes from the Koran, the revelation Muhammad received from Allah, which forms the foundation of Islamic religion.

Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.029
O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123
When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. TTherefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.html#008.012
But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.005

There is also the Sunnah in addition to the Koran, which guides Muslims. According to the Muslim Student Association website at USC, where these quotes come from, "In Islam, the Arabic word sunnah has come to denote the way Prophet Muhammad (saas), the Messenger of Allah, lived his life. The Sunnah is the second source of Islamic jurisprudence, the first being the Qur'an. Both sources are indispensable; one cannot practice Islam without consulting both of them". A visit to their page on Sunnah and Hadith is most enlightening. Reading the Sunnah reveals the following:

A man whose face was covered with an iron mask (i.e. clad in armor) came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I fight or embrace Islam first? "The Prophet said, "Embrace Islam first and then fight." So he embraced Islam, and was martyred. Allah's Apostle said, A Little work, but a great reward. "(He did very little (after embracing Islam), but he will be rewarded in abundance)."
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.063
Allah's Apostle said, "Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords."
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.073
Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight wi the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.' "
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.176
Whenever Allah's Apostle attacked some people, he would never attack them till it was dawn. If he heard the Adhan (i.e. call for prayer) he would delay the fight, and if he did not hear the Adhan, he would attack them immediately after dawn. We reached Khaibar at night.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.193
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand."
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.220
The Prophet said, "I looked at Paradise and saw that the majority of its residents were the poor; and I looked at the (Hell) Fire and saw that the majority of its residents were women."
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/052.sbt.html#007.062.126

Why does the Bush Administration and the American media continue to lie and say that Muslim terrorists are traitors to their religion? Why do they insist, after so many terrorists attacks on the US, Israel, and other countries by Muslim terrorits, that Islam is basically a peaceful religion? Are the media and our politicians deliberatly lieing to us? Or are they just ignorant of the facts? Neither option bodes well for western civilization.