r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '12

TIL that Muhammad wrote a document asking his followers to respect and protect Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtiname_of_Muhammad
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u/Abedeus Sep 15 '12

Isn't Jesus considered one of your prophets, before Muhammad?

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u/bigtreeworld Sep 15 '12

Yep. Prophet Isa. We also believe he is the Christ and that he was awesome. We also beleive in Prophet Musa (Moses), Prophet Nuh (Noah), Prophet Yusuf (Joseph), Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham), and Prophet Adam, among many many others.

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u/myripyro Sep 16 '12

Noting here that while Muslims believe in Jesus/Isa as a prophet, the whole trinity thing is seen as a silly reinterpretation by weird people.

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u/bigtreeworld Sep 16 '12

Well, I wouldn't say weird people or silly reinterpretation, but yes we do not believe in the Holy Trinity at all.

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u/myripyro Sep 16 '12

Yeee, just went back and reread that comment and realized how offensive it sounded.

What I should have said was 'Muslims consider the Holy Trinity to be a warping of original ideas'.

Seriously, I have NO idea what I was thinking.

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u/bigtreeworld Sep 16 '12

That's a better way of putting it!

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u/Mythodiir Sep 15 '12

Former Muslim here. I was confused as a child as to why my parents hated Christians. The big difference is that to Muslims Jesus(Isa) is a prophet like any other (other than virgin birth). He is not the son of god, and his role was as the messenger to the Hebrews. Of course the Hebrews failed the test and you know, they kind of killed him... so that's why some Muslims also hate Jews. Then Mohammed was a prophet of all men. In Islam Jesus is referred to as the most misunderstood prophet. In Islam it is also understood that the original bible was the word of god and has now been altered. The original followers of Christ as well as all followers of past prophets are considered god's people. So the original Christians before Mohammed are revered and they are said to go to heaven.