Islam a religion of peace

"It is not in fact possible for there to be any peace or coexistence between 'the Islamic Religion' and non-Islamic social and political institutions" [Alija Izetbegovic, Bosnian Muslim leader, Le Manifeste Islamique, p81, quoted at hirhome.com/islam/culture01.htm].

A Muslim World?

"We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades. Europe is in a predicament, and so is America. They should agree to become Islamic in the course of time, ot else declare war on the Muslims. ... All people must be Muslims" [Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, speaking on Arab satellite network Al Jazeera, [no date] quoted at http://www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk/view_page.asp?page_id=336&menu_id=228].

"There is no escape from a new civilization ... The Western world is not capable of fulfilling this role ... There is only one nation capable of discharging this task and that is our nation [Islam]. ... This religion [Islam] will defeat all other religions and it will be disseminated, by Allah's will, through the Muslim Jihad fighters" [Passage from a text book used in schools run by the Palestinian Authority, quoted at http://www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk/view_page.asp?page_id=264&menu_id=228].

"We are convinced that this Hadith [a saying not in the Quran, but given equal weight in Islamic teaching] heralds the spread of Islam and its rule over all the land. Oh beloved, look to the East of the earth, find Japan and the ocean; look to the West of the earth, find some country and the ocean. Be assured that these will be owned by the Muslim nation, as the Hadith says, 'from the ocean to the ocean'" [Sheikh Ibrahim Mahdi, sermon given from the main mosque in Gaza 12 April 2002, broadcast by Palestinian TV, as quoted at http://www.lightforthelastdays.co.uk/view_page.asp?page_id=264&menu_id=228].