Yes, Muslims do believe in Jesus
There was no manger, Christ is not the Messiah, and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him.
With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians, the Muslim Jesus explores how Islam honours Christ as a prophet but not as the son of God. According to the Koran the crucifixion was a divine illusion. Instead of dying on the cross, Jesus was rescued by angels and raised to heaven.
The one-hour special, commissioned and narrated by Melvyn Bragg, is thought to be the first time the subject has been dealt with on British television. Lord Bragg said: “I was fascinated by the idea … Jesus was such a prominent figure in Islam but most people don’t know that.”
He denies the programme will divide communities. Raised as an Anglican, he describes the documentary as thoughtful and well researched. “I hope it will provoke among Muslims the feeling they are included in television.”
The director and producer, Irshad Ashraf, said the film was an attempt to shift the focus away from extremism to the spiritual side of Islam. “Jesus is loved and respected by Muslims and he’s one of the most important prophets in our religion.” Representatives from mainstream Anglican and Catholic organisations were invited to take part in the film, to be broadcast on Sunday, but nobody was available, Mr Ashraf said.
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That is a good news
From the article:
I’d LOVE!!! to meet Mr Sookhdeo! I have 2400 kr in my bank account (Alhamdulillah!), but that is enough for me to book a ticket to England so he could explain to me, how he went from worshipping One God to Three Gods.
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as-salaamu ‘alaikum, you know it really bothers me when writers, journalists and bloggers write about religious matters not understanding how to explain their thoughts in terms that make sense. One example is the following statement from above saying,
This is supposed to make sense? This is supposed to be what Muslims believe according to the article. But this statement is riddled with much confusion. But I guess I won’t get into that… what I will says is that ‘Isa (‘alayhi as-salaam), Jesus is referred to as al-mesih in the Qur’an. Does anyone want to take a guess as to what this Arabic word means?
In Jewish society at that time, every so often someone would claim to be the Messiah. The Jewish rulers would tire of the person and ask the Romans to get rid of him because they did not have the power to execute. These “messiahs” were then crucified and their bodies thrown on a garbage dump. So it makes sense for Jesus to have been crucified. (PBS}
As-Salaamu ‘alaikum,
Messiah (maseeh) means “the annointed one”. It has nothing to do with divinity. This error stuck out for me when I read it as well.
Patrick Sookhdeo (AKA Sookhdevil) might also like to explain where he got his surname from. I tried Googling the name Sookhdeo along with common Muslim names and not one hit came up.
Hopefully it’ll be on Google Video so we can all see it.
It’s pretty funny how they are trying to do something good for Islam but make mistakes like the one Saifuddin caught.
What I have read so far about this film, it does not look promising.
Assalamu-’alaykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuhu
I take my comment back. That was really good documentary. Well done!