In early 2003, C-SPAN televised an American Islamic conference. Many speakers repeated the phrase, “Islam is peace”. Near the end of the conference, an Islamic scholar arose to define the phrase.
He began by saying that Islam was not a pacifist religion. He said that in Islam, peace is the result of Islamic justice. If there is no Islamic justice, there is no peace. There is where the phrase, “No justice, No peace” came from. He said the United States wouldn’t see peace until there is (Islamic) justice. Islamic justice = Sharia law.
In other words, the phrase, “Islam is peace” defines ‘peace’, not, ‘Islam’. Islamic peace is the result of Islamic justice. This differs from the type of peace where two enemies get along with each other. The goals of Islam is to put the world under the Sharia, which is Islamic law.
Very true. I believe it can also be translated as “submission”. There’s the peace they’re talking about. Bend the knee, or lose your head.