He’s familiar yet novel, this Muslim Jesus. We almost recognize the cadence. “Blessed is he who sees with his heart but whose heart is not in what he sees.” Still, it’s off somehow, and where are ...
In the crash course in Islam offered by the media over the last six months, many Christians will have heard it said that Muslims regard Jesus as a great prophet—not divine, and superseded by Muhammad, ...
In a strange variation on Matthew’s Gospel that Christians probably haven’t heard, Jesus declares to his followers: “Truly I say to you, God will not leave one stone of this mosque upon another but ...
A documentary, broadcast on British television ITV on Sunday, seeks to portray Jesus as Muslims view him. The one-hour program, called The Muslim Jesus, explains how Muslims consider Jesus to be a ...
Muslim women take a selfie in front of the giant Christian manger displayed in Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity, revered as the site of Jesus Christ’s birth, in Bethlehem, West ...
In his first and only official visit to an American mosque, seven years into his presidency, former President Barack Obama articulated something American Muslims know all too well: “A lot of Americans ...
As a Western religion, Islam gives primacy to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and considers Jesus to be a holy prophet. In The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, Tarif ...