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Islam teaches that, while Jesus was a true prophet, he was not a God in his own right. In fact, Islam teaches that none of the previous prophets, including Adam, Moses, Jesus, or Muhammad, were in any way divine. Islam teaches that prophets are human beings chosen to hear the word of God and to communicate this message to mankind. Islam teaches that the word of God delivered by the previous prophets had been distorted by man and that God chose another prophet, Muhammad, to deliver the final message once and for all.
Christianity does not accept that Muhammad was a true prophet because it teaches that Jesus was the last prophet. Christianity teaches that Jesus' arrival as the final prophet was prophesised in the Torah. Islam teaches that the Qur'an is the final, perfect word of God and that Muhammad is the last prophet. The Islamic view also conflicts with the Christian view that the Bible is the final, authoritative word of God.
Both Islam and Christianity believe in Angels, spiritual beings created by God before he even created the World.
In the Bible, angels appear in human form as the ministers of God and the agents of revelation.
In the Qur'an, angels appear as messengers who communicate revelations from God and taking a person's soul at the time of death.
Islam and Christianity also disagree on the accuracy of New Testament as an expression of God's word. Christians believe that the bible, a collection of earlier scriptures, to be the final word of God. Islam, however, believes that...
Islam teaches that parts of the previously revealed scriptures, the Torah and the Gospels, had become lost through the errors of men and had to be corrected by the Qur'an.
Conclusion
The differences between Islam and Christianity are actually very minor when compared to the substantial similarities between the two doctrines. Islam's belief that it is the latest and purest rendering of God's will may contribute to the zeal of its more radical followers. More than doctrine, it is the bloody history between the followers of the two faiths which provide the basis for so much of the current conflict between the Islamic world and the Judeo-Christian nations.
Bibliography
The Bible. Available at http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/21st-Century-King-James-Version-KJ21-Bible/
The Qur'an. Available at http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/004.qmt.html#004.156
Hugh Goddard, a History of Christian-Muslim Relations (2000) Edinburgh University Press
Quran 112:1-4
Bible Hebrews 10:10
Bible Matt 28:19
Hugh Goddard, a History of Christian-Muslim Relations 167
Qur'an 4:156
Qur'an 35:1
Bible Matt 1:20 - Joseph, 4:11
Qur'an 35:1
Hugh Goddard, a History of Christian-Muslim Relations (2000) Edinburgh University Press
Hugh Goddard, a History of Christian-Muslim Relations p. 6
Bibliography
The Bible. Available at http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/21st-Century-King-James-Version-KJ21-Bible/
The Qur'an. Available at http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/004.qmt.html#004.156
Hugh Goddard, a History of Christian-Muslim Relations (2000) Edinburgh University Press
Quran 112:1-4
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