text: how can it be that islam means "peace" and yet the religion exhorts its followers to fight nonbelievers? it just seems such a contradiction that muslims are so violent against anybody else that isn't a muslim, yet call themselves a religion of peace.  "fighting for god" seems like "screwing for virginity".  as i understand it, muslims are fighting so that eventually when everybody in the world is conquered--then there will be peace.  is this the peace they espouse? islam is not the problem.  it is fundamentalists of any religion that are the issue.  christianity killed more people during the crusades and the inquisition then any islamic groups are doing today.  i'm not condoning either... and i believe that both are valid religions - just not in a judgmental mode.   look at the sufi texts - they are a sect of islam that is very spiritual.