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The Religion of Peace

“Islam is the religion of peace” is a very popular claim made by many influential people. To evaluate it, two questions must be answered: Should Islam be considered a religion? And does Islamic doctrine actually preach peace?

Islam is a complete civilizational system—what Islamic primary sources call deen, a total way of life—containing political, legal, military, societal, and religious doctrine. In short, Islam is Mohammed and Allah. Their words and actions are recorded in the “Trilogy”: the Koran, the Sira (Mohammed’s biography), and the Hadith (Mohammed’s traditions).

This Trilogy contains an embedded political ideology—Political Islam—that constitutes 51% of its content and pursues a clear final political vision: global Islamic dominion. This vision goes hand in hand with the eradication of everything and everyone non-Islamic. That is the idea of Islamic peace. It can be pursued through both violent and non-violent forms of jihad, which make up almost one-third of the Trilogy. This page focuses on the quantitative and qualitative reporting of the contemporary harmful influence of Political Islam on both non-Islamic and Islamic societies.

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Shortly after the editor of the former TROP (thereligionofpeace.com) announced in 2025 that he would stop maintaining the dynamic sections of the website after 25 years of daily hard work—counting jihad attacks and collecting news and articles from around the world—CSPII stepped in with a proposal to continue this remarkable effort. After a full year of intense preparation, we are now live.

Every day we continuously monitor 300–400 global media items linked to Political Islam and manually select approximately 15–25 of the most strategic ones. Selection is performed by experienced senior team members of CSPII (researchers, lecturers, and other seasoned experts) who have joined the project. This means we go through over 10,000 events each month. Simultaneously, we continue tracking open-source reports of violent terror attacks from around the world.

Political Islam is a global problem demanding a global joint effort in solving it. Therefore, our main aim is to support all individuals, organizations, and governments in opposing Political Islam in their respective fields of activity, regardless of if they are already doing it or if they are just about to start. With everything we do, we wish to save their precious time and energy, and to give them the informational advantage they need for their work. All this along with systematic education on Political Islam.

An email address, [email protected], has been created so that anyone interested can contribute by suggesting a Political Islam–related article (including video or audio) or reporting an Islamic terror attack. This system will help improve the informational value for all users and ensure that nothing important gets missed. Thank you for your help.

Looking for the Old TheReligionOfPeace.com Website?

www.IslamIsDifferent.com - An independent archive of the static content (research articles, quotes, etc.) of the former thereligionofpeace.com, maintained by its former editor. This archive has no affiliation with CSPII or with the current version of this website.

Global Report on Islamic Terrorism

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Islamic Terrorists have carried out Jihad Attacks Since 9/11
Oct 12, 2026 - Oct 18, 2026
Attacks 11
Killed 415
Injured 50
Countries 8
September, 2026
Attacks 81
Killed 468
Injured 337
Countries 27
This Day in History
A pastor, woman and two young girls are machine-gunned in their church
Oct 20, 2013: Warraq, Egypt 🔗
A pastor, woman and two young girls are machine-gunned in their church

List of Attacks

Political Islam in the News

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Political Islam Around the World

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India: Madrasa Association Backs Socialist Opposition Candidates in State Ruled by Hindu-Nationalist BJP
Organizer.Org · October 19, 2026
CSPII Commentary: An association of Islamic school administrators in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, has endorsed nine candidates from the Samajwadi Party, whose
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traditional electoral base includes Muslim voters. The move raises questions about the political mobilization of religious educational networks against the ruling BJP.
Malaysia: ISIS targets children through online games
freemalaysiatoday.com · October 19, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to turn Israel into 'scorched earth'
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) · October 19, 2026
Türkiye urges Islamic world to act together on regional challenges, Palestine at OIC meeting
aa.com.tr · October 18, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan calls for greater solidarity among Muslim-majority countries, especially on Palestine, at the OIC meeting in Baghdad. Islam
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demands greater solidarity amongst brothers over the non-Muslim, the kafir, as Pickthall renders the Koran 3:28: “Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers.”
Yemen : Houthis Tighten Siege on Taiz as Humanitarian Conditions Worsen
yemenonline.info · October 18, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Houthis have tightened their siege on Taiz, blocking supplies and worsening the humanitarian crisis, as the Financial Times reports. Muhammad used sieges to help
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win battles, as the Koran commands in Koran 9:5: “slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush.”
Harassment of Jews under the cover of the riots in France
Abu Ali Express · October 18, 2026
India: Madrasa Association Backs Socialist Opposition Candidates in State Ruled by Hindu-Nationalist BJP
Organizer.Org · October 19, 2026
CSPII Commentary: An association of Islamic school administrators in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, has endorsed nine candidates from the Samajwadi Party, whose
...more
traditional electoral base includes Muslim voters. The move raises questions about the political mobilization of religious educational networks against the ruling BJP.
Malaysia: ISIS targets children through online games
freemalaysiatoday.com · October 19, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards threaten to turn Israel into 'scorched earth'
Israel National News (Arutz Sheva) · October 19, 2026
Türkiye urges Islamic world to act together on regional challenges, Palestine at OIC meeting
aa.com.tr · October 18, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan calls for greater solidarity among Muslim-majority countries, especially on Palestine, at the OIC meeting in Baghdad. Islam
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demands greater solidarity amongst brothers over the non-Muslim, the kafir, as Pickthall renders the Koran 3:28: “Let not the believers take disbelievers for their friends in preference to believers.”
Yemen : Houthis Tighten Siege on Taiz as Humanitarian Conditions Worsen
yemenonline.info · October 18, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Houthis have tightened their siege on Taiz, blocking supplies and worsening the humanitarian crisis, as the Financial Times reports. Muhammad used sieges to help
...more
win battles, as the Koran commands in Koran 9:5: “slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush.”
Harassment of Jews under the cover of the riots in France
Abu Ali Express · October 18, 2026

Women and Children

 

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Child marriage in southern Germany: Over 350 cases recorded, some brides as young as 11
Euro News · October 16, 2026

AfD request brings hundreds of child marriages to light – Baden-Württemberg recorded 358 child marriages since 2012, including brides as young as 11. Only eight were formally annulled, while hundreds ended through other legal outcomes or no action.

Human Rights

in Islamic Countries

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Critical Voices

Commentaries by Non-CSPII Authors

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Hijra

Political Islam in Non-Islamic Countries

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Austria: Islamic Community Announces Nationwide Open-Mosque Day
www-ots-at.translate.goog · October 17, 2026
CSPII Commentary: Is Interfaith Openness a One-Way Street? “Open Mosque Day” invites non-Muslims to discover Islam under the banner of interfaith understanding. Classical
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commentators interpreted Koan 25:72, 72:18 and 5:2 as condemning attendance at non-Muslim ceremonies, and Islamic authorities often draw strict boundaries around that. Mohammed distinguished Muslim festivals from those of other religions (Hadith Bukhari 952; Hadith Muslim 892a) and warned against following Jewish and Christian ways (Hadith Bukhari 7320; Hadith Muslim 2669a). IslamQA and IslamWeb prohibit participation in non-Muslim religious ceremonies, while even Egypt’s more permissive Dar al-Ifta excludes rituals contrary to Islam (Fatwa 3644).

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