Armstrong, Karen. The True, Peaceful Face Of Islam. Time. 2001-09-23 [2017-07-22]. (原始內容存檔於2020-09-22). The very word Islam, which means "surrender," is related to the Arabic salam, or peace.
Defensive War not Inconsistent with a Religion of Peace, a cermon, Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, 1860, p. 11 Quote: "While however it is manifest and unquestionable that Christianity is emphatically a religion of peace and good will towards men — men of all countries and of all climes — it is assuredly not a religion of absolute and passive non-resistance."
Jackson, Sherman. Jihad and the Modern World. Journal of Islamic Law and Culture. Spring–Summer 2002 [2007-11-22]. (原始內容存檔於2007-12-17). "Religion of peace" does not imply that Islam is a pacifist religion, that it rejects the use of violence altogether, as either a moral or a metaphysical evil. "Religion of peace" connotes, rather, that Islam can countenance a state of permanent, peaceful coexistence with other nations and peoples who are not Muslims...This position, I shall argue, is no more than the result of an objective application of principles of Islamic jurisprudence which no jurist or activist, medieval or modern, has claimed to reject.
Siddiqi, Imraan. Ann Coulter's Foul Mouth: The Blond Hate Machine. Counterpunch. 2003-06-05 [2007-11-22]. (原始內容存檔於2003-06-13). Ann on the other hand, apparently missed this Sunday school lesson, and continues to ridicule Islam sarcastically as the "religion of peace" whenever a negative story arises within the Muslim world.
Pope says terror attacks cannot be defined as anti-Christian. Catholic News Agency. 2005-07-25 [2016-02-25]. (原始內容存檔於2020-09-22). I would not like to use big words to apply generic labels. It certainly contains elements that can favor peace, it also has other elements: we must always seek the best elements.
Qutb, Sayyid. Fiqh al-Da’wah. Fiqh al-Da』wah (IslamQA(英語:IslamQA)). : 217–222 [2007-11-22]. (原始內容存檔於2006-10-17). The defeatists should fear Allah lest they distort this religion and cause it to become weak on the basis of the claim that it is a religion of peace. Yes, it is the religion of peace but in the sense of saving all of mankind from worshiping anything other than Allah and submitting all of mankind to the rule of Allah.
ISIS Caliph Baghdadi in New Audio Message: 'Islam Was Never a Religion of Peace,' Our Jihad Is 'The War of All Muslims'. The Christian Post. 2015-05-15 [2015-05-16]. (原始內容存檔於2015-05-17). Islam was never a religion of peace. Islam is the religion of fighting. No one should believe that the war that we are waging is the war of the Islamic State. It is the war of all Muslims, but the Islamic State is spearheading it. It is the war of Muslims against infidels. O Muslims, go to war everywhere. It is the duty of every Muslim.
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Religion of Peace?: Islam's War Against the World by Gregory M. Davis ( ISBN0-9778984-4-X )
Islam: Religion of Peace and Justice by Muhammad Nawaz ( ISBN1-4107-6786-8 )