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The Common Beliefs and Values of the People of the Book with Muslims;

Christian and Muslim belief have many aspects in common. Judaism too shares many beliefs with Islam. All true adherents of these three great religions:

-believe that God has created the entire universe out of nothing and that He dominates all that exists with His omnipotence.

-believe that God has created man and living things in a miraculous way and that man possesses a soul granted him by God.

-believe that besides Jesus, Moses or Muhammad, God sent many prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Joseph throughout history, and they love all these prophets.

-believe in resurrection, Heaven and Hell and angels, and that God has created our lives with a certain destiny.

The beliefs of the People of the Book are in harmony with Muslims, not only in terms of faith-related issues, but also of moral values. Today, in a world where such immoralities as adultery, homosexuality, drug addiction and a model of egoism and self-seeking cruelty have grown widespread, the People of the Book and Muslims share the same virtues: Honor, chastity, humility, self-sacrifice, honesty, compassion, mercy and unconditional love.

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A Christian Response:

Asalam Aleikum Kerim

Ziack ya habibi?

On Thu, 01 Nov 2001 16:05:43 GMT, “Kerim” <> wrote:

>-believe that besides Jesus, Moses or Muhammad, God sent many prophets such

>as Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Joseph throughout history, and they love all

>these prophets.

No Jew or Christian would call Mohammed a prophet of God.

No Christian would call Jesus a prophet in exclusion to His Divinity. Part of His office was speaking prophetically, as also being High Priest of the New Covenant, but neither of the other two Monotheistic religions would call Jesus a High Priest.

Also whilst all three monotheistic religions proclaim the affirmation that there is only One God, all of us interpret His Nature vastly differently. -If- this is an integral aspect of faith (and I believe it is) then both Jews and Muslims do not worship the -same- God as the Christians (however I would never go as far as to assert as other do that they therefore worship pagan gods etc). Judaism is stuck in a belief of God which is pre-2nd Temple destruction which rejects the teachings of Christ, and Islam is stuck in Mohammed’s confusion and rejection of the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity (Quran…”Do not say O men of Allah that God is Three or there are three Gods.”)

Magda ellah

Ma salam.

Abouna Yacoub