Does Quran teach peace or war?

[Muslim Scholar]

No of course not. It's the situation. If nations truly want peace, and incline to it, Muslims must accept peace.

Of course all this is conditional, it's another thing if a nation invades your land and then tells you, after conquering your land, it wants peace. That's a different situation.

But the commands of peace obviously show the spirit of Quran with regards to war. It seeks peace primarily and only war if the other side is inclined to violence or oppression.

This is my understanding of Quran. I don't believe in Quran but I feel people are dishonest when they say Islam doesn't teach peace but to kill all infidels and what not.

Hi MysticKnight,
I'm glad that you are reading about Quran and Islam
This is the full view of Islam about war and peace

Muslim can engage is wars in 2 situations
1- To fight back against invasion or assault

2- To initiate war against a "Non-Islamic" Country to spread Islam
with some restrictions:
There is no valid treaty with this country
The system is opposing Islamic activities or oppressing Muslims
The Muslim country is powerful enough

In this case an Islamic country is allowed to invade this country and either
Force Islamic laws over it
or
Take a tax (Gizia) the rulers in this case are allowed to keep their system and independence but guarantee to take care about Muslims living among them and not to stop them from spreading or practicing Islam