Islamic View Quotes
These lines illustrate a tactic of many Muslim leaders who go out of their way to make moderate statements to the Western press and media audiences while whipping up extremism when appearing on Middle Eastern media.
Some Muslims believe that since God prohibits the worship of symbols and idols, no Christian who believes in the Trinity could be a believer. For those Muslims who not only determine Islamic theology but Christian theology as well, this becomes another reason for disrespect if not hatred of Christians.
This Koranic passage represents the Muslim belief regarding the Crucifixion. The deny that Christ was crucified or even killed in any manner. But they do believe that God raised him to Heaven as God sent his agents to save him from the pain and suffering. Those who thought that he was crucified were just repeating the error of some people who were confused as to who was crucified and who was not. In the dark and middle ages, many Christians were infuriated with the denial of the Crucifixion of Jesus and saw that as not only blasphemous but deserving of death to such a false believer. In more modern times, some Christians find the viewpoint insulting but there is more tolerance of views which Christian theologians simply regard as “error.” In the early history of Christianity there were some Christians who felt that God had enabled Jesus to escape crucifixion. It took some time for the Crucifixion to become settled Christian doctrine. Some Christians feel that those who denied the crucifixion could not have been Christians but there were a few people who believed in the rest of Christian doctrine except that Christ was crucified, believing as the later Muslims did that God raised him directly to heaven.
