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Myth: Muslims reject or hate Jesus
Many non-Muslims are surprised to
find out that according to Muslim belief, Jesus, the son of Mary, is one of the
greatest messengers of God. Muslims are taught to love Jesus, and a person
cannot be a Muslim without believing in the virgin birth and miracles of Jesus
Christ, peace be upon him. Muslims believe these things about Jesus not because
of the Bible or any other religion, but simply because the Holy Qur'an says
these things about him. However, Muslims always emphasize that the miracles of
Jesus, and all other prophets, were by "God's permission". This having been
said, many Christians feel to not believe that Jesus is the "Son of God",
"God Incarnate" or the "Third Person" of the Trinity. This is
because the Qur'an clearly says that Almighty God does not have a "Son"
--- neither allegorically, physically, metaphorically or metaphysically. The
Pure Monotheism of Islam rejects the notion of "defining" God (which is
basically what the "Doctrine of the Trinity" does), saying that someone
is "like" God or equal to him, or praying to someone else besides God.
Also, Islam teaches that titles such as "Lord" and "Savior" are
due to God alone. In order to avoid misunderstanding, it should be clarified
that when Muslims criticize the Bible or the teachings of Christianity, they are
not attacking "God's Word" or Jesus Christ, peace be upon him. From the
Muslim point of view, they are defending Jesus and God's Word --- which they
have in the form of the Qur'an. Muslim criticism is targeted at writings that
some people claim are God's word, but Muslim's simply don't accept their
claim that they are really God's word in toto. Additionally,
Christian doctrines such as the Trinity and the Atonement are criticized by
Muslims precisely because they did not originate from Jesus, peace be upon him.
In this way, Muslims are the true followers of Jesus, peace be upon him, because
they defend him from the exaggerations of the Christians and teach the Pure
Monotheism that Jesus himself followed.
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