i agree islam means peace, but the people who is believing in islam is doing the opposite if the meaning of their religion.
im not generalizing every islam but even here in the philippines the terrorist called abu sayaf is composed with islam religion.
i dont hate islam but the action of some islam is contradicting the meaning of islam.
When you look at the foundations of Islam, the things that it is based on, the black and white writings of the Koran and the Hadiths, Islam means peace and violence, both. Islam only means peace towards Muslims, and temporary peace towards those people that Muslims are trying to convert to Islam while they are trying to convert them. Islam means violence towards everyone else.
To see that this is true, all you need to do is go to http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm.
The dictionary definition of "Islam" shows that Islam has to do with forceful submission to God. The word "Islam" is related to peace, but only after there is submission to God. See the definition. From http://www.dictionary.com/browse/islam?s=t:
n.
"religious system revealed by Muhammad," 1818, from Arabic islam, literally "submission" (to the will of God), from root of aslama "he resigned, he surrendered, he submitted," causative conjunction of salima "he was safe," and related to salam "peace."