Yousef al otaiba, the ambassador of the united arab emirates to the united states, warned that the radical islamist leaders of the islamic state posed:

an existential threat to those of us who believe in the true nature of Islam as a religion of peace

There is a clear cut notion among high level scholars of Islam that the fundamental aim of the religion was to promote world peace, as Muhammad himself even warned Muslims from attacking Christians.

The Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants. (February 27-March 1, 1525). The document reproduced below was the archetype for the numerous grievance lists drawn up during the German Peasants' War.