Dave Andrews

Mohamad Abdalla is regarded as one of Australia’s most respected Muslim leaders. Recently, in an introduction to a book I wrote on Jesus, or Isa, Mohamad Abdalla wrote: ‘Muslims have always believed in the Prophethood of Jesus – or Isa – (peace be upon him) not due to political expediency but because it is an integral part of their faith’.

‘To reject Jesus, his Prophethood, is tantamount to disbelief. The Qur’ān is replete with anecdotes about the life and teachings of Jesus and speaks of him as a respected Prophet of God. It is profound, to say the least, that Islam is the only religion (other than Christianity) that recognises Jesus and makes it compulsory upon its adherents to believe in him’.

‘Kindness, chivalry and humility were born the day Jesus or Isa was born’. (says Ahmad Shawqi.) ‘In him,’ the Gospels or the Injil says, ‘was life and that life was the light of all humanity. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.’(John 1.4) Shawqi writes: ‘His coming brightened the world, his light illuminated it. Like the light of the dawn flowing through the universe, so did the sign of Jesus flow. He filled the world with light, making the earth shine with its brightness. No threat, no tyranny, no revenge, no sword, no raids, no bloodshed did he use to call to the new faith.’

Dave Andrews p105-6 The Jihad Of Jesus http://bit.ly/1CedNDX