Shia muslims endorse peace? One of the main differences between Shia and Sunnis is "imamah" or the belief in the infallibility of its Imams. Unlike sunnis Shias believe that the word of their Ayatollahs is the word of Muhammad himself and it cannot be questioned, similar to Popes within Catholicism. So, Ayatollah Khomeini was the Supreme Leader of shia islam in Iran, recognized as the one true authority. Keep in mind that Iran is the only Shia country in the world. Syria used to be the second one, but the majority of the syrian population are Sunnis, it was only the Government that was Shia, but let's go back to why Shias islam does NOT endorse peace.
So Ayatollah Khomeini who was an imam and also a marja (someone who's life is perfect and must be emulated by other righteous muslims) ordered many terrible fatwas. A fatwa for those who don't know, is a religious order that must be carried out in the name of Allah even if muslims die carrying the fatwa out. Those who die will be martyrs of islam. So, he ordered, as a fatwa, to kill every single prisoner in Iran that did not repent for being mujahadins (sunni jihadis against shias). They killed 30,000 people, children included. Here is a quote from an article about the massacre on The Telegraph:
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Some of you might also be familiar with the Satanic Verses case... the fatwa issued against writer Salman Rushdie after writing a book inspired by the life of Muhammed in which he said not so nice things about the man. He was accused of blasphemy and non-belief so Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa for all shia muslims to kill him. The US government received 78 threats to bookstores, bombings did happen including 2 bookstores in Berkeley. Two large bookstores in London were also bombed, one large department store was also bombed, another bomb in Kings Road, there were many more including an explosion in the Penguin store in York. There were many attempts on Rushdie's life, he had to keep police protection for 10 years. Here is the fatwa as it was pronounced in the Iranian radio:
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So there are many others but as usual I chose two out of the top of my head. Do you consider this to be peaceful? How?