Yes, of course, catbrat, you're right. The only way to stop that "cycle of violence" is to let them kill you and do nothing. Maybe you can ask them what they want and give it to them. Submission to Islam. You can convert or become a dhimmi. Pay your protection money (Jizzyah), give up your legal and civil rights as an equal, and live as a subservient.
Of course, since the world is divided into two parts, a Dar al Islam (The world of Islam) and the Dar al Harb (the world of war - that is, subject to force to effectuate submission or conversion) and since you live in the Dar al Harb, well girl ... you can always try to make your master happy.
