A LETTER TO MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS - THE LORD, OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE!
A LETTER TO MY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS: THE LORD, OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE! In the name of ALLAH, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. As Salaamu alaikum! (May Peace be upon you!) Most of the founders of the great religions, many of whom claimed to be prophets of GOD, only spoke about their respective (new) religion (or way of life), and did not criticize the other religions or scriptures. Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) had no choice because ALLAH did so in the Qur’an. Since he was to preach the teachings of the Qur’an, he had no choice but to engage the people of other religions, especially the Jews and Christians (the “People of the Book”). Before I proceed, please let me affirm my commitment to respectful dialogues and discussions, guided by the Qur’an (16:125) to “Invite all to the Way of your LORD, with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and reason/discuss with them in the best and most gracious ways; for surely your LORD knows best who have strayed from HI...