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Honoring Jesus As A Muslim (Www.Beliefnet.Com)

By: mustbnemi

Written on February 12th, 2013

Reproducing an older article from the blog at www.beliefnet.com
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Honoring Jesus as a Muslim
posted by Aziz Poonawalla

Merry Christmas!

In honor of the Prophet Issa AS, on this day where my Christian cousins in faith celebrate the life and Message of the Lord, I will share this excerpt from a new piece by my friend Haroon Mogul in the Boston Review. Haroon points out that Christmas is a uniquely MuslimoChristian holiday rather than a JudeoChristian one:

The serious divisions among the three great religions begin with Jesus. Jews, of course, do not recognize Jesus as divine or as a godly messenger. For Christians, Jesus is the son of God who died on the cross to save us from sin—the original sin of Adam and Eve. Muslims take a middle view: Jesus is one in a long line of prophets beginning with Adam and culminating in Muhammad. All prophets—including Abraham and the prophets sent to the Children of Israel—are human beings and all preach the same religion: monotheism.
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Muslims do not resent, as some have suggested, the West’s “Judeo-Christian” heritage. Jews and Muslims share monotheism and the prophetic tradition, and have no idea what to make of Christianity’s Trinity. At the same time, Christians and Muslims share deep affinities, most importantly with regard to Jesus. Islam accepts Jesus as the messiah and word and spirit of God, and Muslims believe in the virgin birth. The big difference between Muslims and Christians is not over whether Jesus is a man of God, but whether that is all he is. In Islam God creates space and time, but is apart from it and does not take human (or any other) form. Whereas Christians know Jesus as the son of God, Muslims know him simply as the son of Mary.

It is important that on Christmas Day, Muslims embrace the love that Christians express for the Prophet Issa AS and join in that expression of love. Doing so does not mean we should forget that we have differences in belief about Jesus; but neither should we use those differences as an excuse for standing apart.

On this day, Christians express their love for our Prophet. Any response other than love is an insult to our Prophets, on our part.

Read more: http://blog.beliefnet.com/cityofbrass/2012/12/honoring-jesus-as-a-muslim.html

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thoughtbubble

I think, they are individually great inspirational masters by their own right and gave the world great teachings. The unity can be better sought in their teachings and better found in practising them. It's good to have a general appreciation for all the Masters and the good works they did in the world. For personal adoption, an affinity or allegiance to one of them can be a good thing, because it provides focus and clarity on the path and application to a consistent set of practices.
It's like the different forms of martial art that train you in defence. Take your pick, if you want mastery, don't mix one with the other during training time, until you have mastered them all separately.

Feb 14
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LoveToads

Never knew. How about the similarity in the names of Krishna and Christ? And many religious festivals of different religions overlap? Seeing the comment below: Isn't it funny that instead of being happy about Christians appreciating the Prophet Mohammad, he is being critical? Strange!

Feb 13
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- nwtrdr33
  But you are mistaken Christians do not have that appreciation for Mohammad as muslims do.The Bible teaches us in fact Jesus's own words say that he is the only path to his Father who is God in heaven.Christians and Muslims do not even worship the same God.The God of the Bible has an only begotten Son that was sent to earth to die as a sacrifice for mankind's and Muslims God does not have a son that was sent to earth.Huge difference.
  As a Christian that follows Jesus words and teaches I can't accept Mohammad as a prophet from God because Jesus fulfilled the prophesies and after him the begging of the end would start.There is no need for any other to come after him.I do respect Muslims and people that worship differently though but I do not accept him as a prophet sent by Jesus Father.
  
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- LoveToads
  To each his own. Take care.
  
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nwtrdr33

Well there are huge differences between how Christians view Jesus and how other religions view Jesus.Jesus is the only begotten son of God which is huge huge difference.At Jesus baptism the heaven opened and God spoke saying "This is my son listen to him.
Jesus himself said he was the only way to God.So if any other religion claims to listen to Jesus as a prophet then they should accept his own words.
Christians don't accept Mohammad because Jesus is all that is necessary to gain God's approval.There is no need for anyone else and the Bible say's that any other teaching than what Jesus taught is an anti-Christ.
Not all Christians teach Jesus is God in the flesh.Jesus himself did not teach that.There are a lot of Christians Jews by the way.Judeo-Christian history is because Jesus was a Jew.

Feb 12
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mejj

Taken in the Right Spirit.
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Feb 12
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