One should wonder why it is called "religion of peace"... and why no other religion is called that way.
It's simply wishful thinking, hoping someone will believe it.
My cat is very peaceful, and yet, I don't call him "cat of peace". Because it's not needed to make people believe it.
Dogs on the other hand often bite people, and yet dog owners feel the need to keep telling people it won't harm them.
Good question, I don't have any Idea of where it comes from! Who called it this way in the first place? ^^
Orwell maybe. You know:
War is peace,
Freedom is slavery,
Ignorance is strength etc.
it does have an Orwelian twist:
Islam is peace, you have to scrap the bottom of the barrel to get to the
peace part, or
maybe it means:
It will be peace once everyone submits to it. I think maybe that is the true meaning of this phrase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_of_Peace"Religion of Peace" is a political neologism used as a description of Islam. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, some politicians described Islam as a "religion of peace" in an effort to differentiate between Islamic terrorists, Islamism, and non-violent MuslimsSo it appears the very phrase never was definitional of Islam, as
it came into use AFTER 9/11 and in a politically driven context of historical revisionism. If for example, Mohammed had said those exact words, or some that reasonably well translated to that, that would be something all Muslims would defend. Same if the Koran said those exact words. My understanding is that they DO NOT.
Hence I'm back to thinking the very question "Is Islam a religion of peace," is in fact a good question to be debated. It would appear that a devout Muslim would be permitted to say "No," to the question.
The Arabic term "Islam" itself is usually translated as "submission"; submission of desires to the will of God. It comes from the term "aslama", which means "to surrender" or "resign oneself".
The Arabic word salaam (سلام) ("Peace") has the same root as the word Islam. One Islamic interpretation is that individual personal peace is attained by utterly submitting to Allah.
As in other Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, etc.), peace is a basic concept in Islamic thought.
The greeting "Salaam alaykum", favoured by Muslims, has the literal meaning "Peace be upon you". Muhammad is reported to have said once: "Not one of you believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself." (Great Muslim scholars have said that the words ‘his brother’ mean any person irrespective of faith.)
Also wikipedia.