Islam and the futility of violence

For those who would kill for the hounour of the Prophet (PBUH), behold the stones being pelted on his blessed person, yet he stops the angel from destroying the town of Taif, whose people severely injured him. Are we wiser than the prophet, more on the right, or understand better the will of God? There is a reason why our religion is called islam, the religion of peace.We are supposed to emulate the actions of the Prophet (PBUH). if he could not take a human life unless during armed combat, where both people have an equal chance, how can we justify killing another human being, even if he had sinned? throughout our history, muslims have justified taking law into their own hands and the killing of other human beings just for hurting our emotion. but why dont we control our emotions and take the civilized road to condemn, criticize and protest against the atrocious cartoons published in Charlie Hebdo? was the low life magazine worthy of so much attention? Can a little cartoonist make a dent in the majesty of the Prophet? if the muslims in France and across the western world had rallied together and gathered in Paris against this act, the world would have taken serious notice . we could have had a serious dialogue, even gone to court against it. world public opinion would have been more amenable to our stance rather than the polarization between the western and islamic world being seen today. the only silver lining is the statement by the Pope. He has given a statement without incitement to violence. why cant the Islamic clerics adopt peace as their main message? when are Muslims going to give up prehistoric reprisal mode and learn to take a principled stance to defend our religion? It is the same emotions who drive honour killings. it is the belief that we are free to take another human beings life. Violence breeds violence and more violence. it isnt for nothing that law, courts, conviction, investigation have been developed in this world over the ages. it is the only way we can keep peace among humans. it is only through reason, discussion and propagating our point of view that we can convince others and convince them to act the way we want and to respect our opinions. this has been the way of the religious scholars, where have we lost this tradition of peace..somewhere along the line, colonial rule and the violence prevalent in muslim society, we have learnt to glorify violence as a justified course of action. Unless we learn to fight our causes in civilized ways and according to world norms, firmly, tenaciously but peacefully, we cannot prevail .