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The Muslim Jesus

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The Jesus that we know and read about in the Bible has its own interpretation among the Muslims who have the Qur’an. This contain writings that acknowledges Jesus and most of what is in the Bible, except that these are taken from the context and perspective of the Muslims.

The Islamic religion believes that Christiany is a not a seperate or independent faith, but rather, it is a development based on their teachings.

In the Qur’an, the Jesus depicted was also born of a virgin and was a miracle worker. He had followers and supporters. The difference in this book from the Bible, however, is that the Jesus in Qur’an wasn’t crucified and ressurected.

This documentary is presented with interviews from historians, scholars, teachers, poets, paretns and even rap artists. Narrated by Melvin Bragg, this documentary carefully explores the Jesus of the Muslim from his birth, to his work and relationships with the likes of Mary Magdalene, to his death and the coming of the Anti-Christ.

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Published on January 2, 2009 · Filed under: Religion

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Anthony

Ah yes. The "Muslim Jesus". What can be said of Issa al-Maseeh? Even liberal historians admit that we have more information about the life of Jesus than any other historical figure of antiquity. Yet, the Quran, coming almost 700 years after the events comes along and contradicts most everything that is historical about him.

On top of that, the Muslim Jesus is a monumental failure. We are told by the Quran that he just wandered around preaching Islam, but strangely there is no evidence that ever won any followers. By the Islamic story all he did was pick a bunch of followers that founded a false religion (from the Quranic perspective). And still, Muslims claim this version of Jesus as a "great prophet".

Great historical inaccuracy and stretch of logic is more like it.
Jay

Anthony instead of posting what you think, would you kindly quote from the Quran when describing what Muslims believe about Jesus. I doubt you will, so I will post. Here's what Quran teaches 1.5+ billion Muslims to believe about Jesus(peace be upon him).

1) He Was Righteous! (look below for the verses)
2) He Was a Prophet (look below for the verses)
3) He Was a Humble Servant of God (look below for the verses)
4) His Teachings

1)"Behold! the angels said, 'Oh Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter, and in (the company of) those nearest to God. He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. He shall be (in the company) of the righteous… And God will teach him the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel'" (3:45-48).
2)"Christ, the son of Mary, was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how God makes His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!" (5:75).

"He [Jesus] said: 'I am indeed a servant of God. He has given me revelation and made me a prophet; He has made me blessed wheresoever I be; and He has enjoined on me prayer and charity as long as I live. He has made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable. So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!' Such was Jesus the son of Mary. It is a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute. It is not befitting to (the majesty of) God that He should beget a son. Glory be to Him! When He determines a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is" (19:30-35).

3)"And behold! God will say [i.e. on the Day of Judgment]: 'Oh Jesus, the son of Mary! Did you say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of God?' He will say: 'Glory to Thee! Never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would indeed have known it. You know what is in my heart, though I know not what is in Yours. For You know in full all that is hidden. Never did I say to them anything except what You commanded me to say: 'Worship God, my Lord and your Lord.' And I was a witness over them while I lived among them. When You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a witness to all things'" (5:116-117).

4)"When Jesus came with Clear Signs, he said: 'Now I have come to you with Wisdom, and in order to make clear to you some of the (points) on which you dispute. Therefore, fear God and obey me. God, He is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him — this is a Straight Way.' But sects from among themselves fell into disagreement. So woe to the wrongdoers, from the penalty of a Grievous Day!" (43:63-65)
memic

thanks jay

i admit you answer a great answers from the holy quran it's self
http://aki@aol.se Aki Tuomaala

Its bettter to say goodbay to any religion with say things they cannot prove.There are no proves so far at all that Jesus or mohammed existed at all outside the fairy tails off the coran or christian bible.
Pilar

WOW Aki Tuomaala.
Have you read any books at all?
There is plenty of evidence that Mohammed existed. He was a clear historical figure.
Do Caliphates and Islamic Empires mean anything to you?
Do you know anything about history at all?

I suggest you do some research before making a statement such as "Mohammed did not exist outside the Qur'an".
http://aki@aol.se Aki Tuomaala

Well.Personally I believe that Mohammed existed,but cannot prove it.I also believe that Jesus might existed,but not like the son off God,might a rebell etc.The romans crusifieded lots off rebels the time Jesus was crusified.Also i cannot prove that Napeloen existed but belive that tha chanses are bigger ,because Napolean did not say am,a profete or son off God.Also I belive Buddha existed but cannot prove it.Also i believe that Lao Tzu and konfesuis in taosm existed,but cannot prove it etc, the teachings off taoism are for ex better than christiannity about scientific fact,what are possible in nature etc also taosm sayd 700years before Jesus,that be against others like yuo want others to be against yuo etc.
http://aki@aol.se Aki Tuomaala

How can Jesus be a profet in the coran when Jesus are the son off God in the Christian bible at the same time?How can Maria give birth to Jesus without sexuallity?Etc.Etc?This is what i mean by fary tails,what reason do I have to believe in things like that?And why should I?
http://aki@aol.se Aki Tuomaala

Also children in Finland whrere i come from believe that Santa claus live in a place called korvatunturi,how do yuo want me to prove that?Off cuorse people can believe everything they want,it is always easier to believe something in a book texts etc.but give physical proves are not that easy.Some people for.ex say that thay have find the spear point with the roman soldier thrown on Jesus on the cross,but how can we prove that that spear point was in Jesus body toeched hes flesh and blood without dna proves etc. etc.?Im only interested what are real true in every area,hopefully yuo understand my points better now.(And my primitive english,I prefer Swedish and Finnish)
http://aki@aol.se Aki Tuomaala

and can anyone show only one part off a bone etc. with for real comes from Jesus or Mohammeds body(skeleton etc) for ex. for real!!After that we can begin to start to talk what biblic or coran etc. persons existed for real and what really can be true,not only read in paper documents etc.The biblic Jesus storys etc. are not so farsupported by real proves outside the bible,strange paper documents etc. Where are the real proves outside the "paper texts" etc off the chistian bible or the coran etc!?
Pilar

Fair enough to say that JESUS did not exist outside the Bible or the Qur'an, but to say that Mohammed did not exists is an entirely different thing.
What do you mean about proof? If official documents outside religious texts mean nothing to you in the form of proof, then you probably also have no proof that Barack Obama exists. In which case, really, you don't have a valid argument at all.
aasma,american muslem

I am so mad thet this concept that jesus dint die on the cross from a muslem point of view is rediculious,the quran confirms his destiny,this concept came from the druz originally,and makes me mad that this is promoted,wake up and study your religion well,quit depenging on otherd to interpret it,dont take one iyat out of context,he did not die but a likeness was shown to them,do not say those who die in the cause of god dead but they are alive though u precieve not,this life is a illusion the next life is the real life if u but know,wich is what jesus taught,and death a illusion,peace be upon me the day i was born,the day i die ,and the day i:m raised alive,this is a thing decreed,(when did he die ?)and when was he raised,are you going to denie these words from your own scripture,jesus may gods pease be with him was a muslem,because the root word for muslem is salam wich is gods peace,and he was surrendered unto god,and we taught him the torah and gospel and book and wisdom,you can not uphold this quran unless you up hold the torah and gospel,wake up can u see,and from the prophet,who cobfirm what came befor,every child is tough by satan when there born of there mother ,except jesus and his mother,oh my brethen,sahaba,are we not thy brethen,no my brethen will come in the last days,and to the abissian christen king who gave shelter to the first muslem,he died a muslem,though he did not follow muslem form of worbhip in the outer sence,brethen not companions whats the difference in ythis statement,ive been shock some of the things ive heard over the years,forgive them for they are not wholy inteligent, learn about quran but not others interpretation, muslem are dived in the same extreme sect as jews and christians,no better or worst then what they did in there history,one other insight for muslem,all the prohets wixes gad the dame attributes as mary,she was jewish,she was young virgin,she was called mother of the poor,another name was fatimah,zaynab in meaning, all his wives carry the same attributes that were attribute to her,islam.do not die except surrender unto god,jesus on the cross,unto thee i commit my soul,and his spirit ascended to heaven, he will be illustrious in this world and the next. is it not so,and the prophet to his wife though are highest of all woman exceie mary the mother of jesus,what is it that makes her higher,with out knowlede you fullow only heresay,this concept came from the druzw and we know what they were about,thet invented assasins(though shall not kill)
aasma,american muslem

P.S. QUIT PROMOTING YOUR THEORY ON THIS SUBJECT,AND PROMOTE WHAT THE QURAN SAYS,WHO EVERS HAS KNOWLEDGE WILL UNDERSTAND IT,YOU WILL HEAR MUCH WRONG,FROM THOSE GIVEN THE SCRIPTURE EARLIER,WHEN WE SAY THAT JESUS WAS A MUSLEM WE MEAN AL ISLAM, ONE WHO SUENDER ON TO GOD (PEACE) THIS DOCUMENTARY IS SENDING YOU ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE BE.BACK UP OR PROVEN,NOR WAS IT EVER TAUGHT BY THE PROPHET IN THIS INTERPREIATION
aasma,american muslem

THE LIKENESS OF JESUS IN GODS EYES IS THE LIKNESS OF ADAM,HE CREATED HIM OF DUST AND HE SAID BE AND HE IS.
DK McGreeb

aasma,american muslem:
take off your caps lock, read a physics book and see how the world actually works and then argue in favour of something real and relevant. at least learn to spell muslim since you claim to be one
DK McGreeb

aki tuomala:
while jesus obviously did not exist and mohammad clearly did, that does not mean we should follow mohammads words. they are words of war, crusade, hate crime and lets face it he was fucked in the head. he should have been arrested and killed.
he didnt speak the word of god, there is no god, stop wasting your life believing such childish fairy tales.
(just a) F R O G on the LOG

WOW Mr. Muslem – that is one F*'n long sentence!!
aasma,american muslem

dk kabeeb,there is no cotradiction,between science and religion,why dont you research the islamic contrabution to math and science and physics, to the world when europe was in its dark ages and executed anyone who went against the main stream beliefs,the root word for muslim is salam (peace) translation are never exact,interpretaion get lost in translations,it is duty of all muslims to seek knowledge from cradle to grave,wich were always open in islamic society ton supressed by the roman religious authority,this is no secret,science itself is knowlege is knowlege weather its use good or evil is another story,not only that but the quran also explains acuratly the creation of humans in the womb and stages of developement way befor micrascopes were invented and cells were known, as well as every living thing was created from water wich science confirms ,just look at the study of water added to a desert and all the forms of life that spring up,god is descibe as creater of the worlds not one world,and created everything in its own atmosphere,knowlege brings closer to god not farther away ,he knows his creation,he even chalanges mankind to prove his scripures and knowlenge wrong,he created him from dust,and yet he is a open enemy.do you understand how profound that statement is,what part does dust play in physics.if physics is your god or truth who created all the laws in physics,or is it all a perfect accident.gods on all ends his mercy surround all things (things).
DK McGreeb

aasma,american muslem:
please keep you comments small, it is hard enough to understand what babble you are trying to say without the statements being so long.
ive only read the first line and its already the most wrong thing you could say so im not going to bother reading any further.
you say and i quote 'there is no contradiction between science and religion', i only have the patience to list the 2 most outstanding contradictions but seriously if you dont think there are hundreds of thousands of contradictions between the 2 then you really must be literally stupid.
1. religion (in the form of islam or judaism, christianity all these rediculous new ones) states the world is 5000 years old or there abouts, science realises its billions of years old. idiot.
2. religion states a being or 'god' made EVERYTHING in 6 days, science correctly realises that everything takes a very long time to form through drawn-out processes such as life and evolution, seasons etc etc.
if you still think what you are trying to say is correct then please dont reply to me again because youre making me feel sorry for you, how you will live all your life according to the whims of ancient fairy tales, its rediculous but whatever man you do yours ill do mine, unlike the religious i dont care if people dont believe what i do.
DK McGreeb

and how can you spell DK McGreeb so wrongly in 2 seperate posts with 2 seperate spellings lol? it is very rare i spout actual insults on this website because it is a documentary site not social networking but you sir are an utter cretin. it is people with mentallity like yours that cause the only real threat to society.
DK McGreeb

i got tempted and read like one more sentence. you dont even understand you OWN beliefs for fucks sake, you think the root word for muslim is peace?
im not a muslim ok but i obviously understand more about islam than you do, muslim means someone who entirely submits themself to god, islam is the word with one of its base words being salaam meaning peace. dont try and make lies up about islam to make it seem like you have a valid arguement because while i know islam is obviously not devine or truth, i do know alot about it because i study beliefs other than my own, unlike you religious people im not so closed minded that i shut anything out that i dont believe.
dwyane shaw

Logic? you want to suggest that Islam is illogical but the Christian story of Jesus with the walking on water, raising the dead (after a week in a tomb when the body had began to stink from decay) etc., doesn't assualt common sense?

All the sayings, and miracles of Jesus, all the details of his life, can be found in various other religions that predate christianity by 1000 or more years.

And all of these Ressurection Cults were based on sun worship and astrological symbolism.

….and you want to speak of logic???
dwyane shaw

given the followings they created, I think it is safe to assume that Bhuddha, Confusius, Jesus, Mohammad, Joseph Smith, all were historical figures.

And all were deified either in their time or after their death. It is not hard to see how a revered human can be given 'superpowers' by their devotees. Look at the mythology that has arrisen around George Washington.

Or how Abe Lincoln has been portrayed by history as the Great Emancipator, opposed to slavery and racial injustice from the womb.

When, in fact, he was a racist who said that he did not believe that black people were equal to whites; or that the two could live together in equality – and therefore prefered the arramgement that favored his race.

He was dragged into the Civil War because of a fear of slave revolt sparked by Haitian independance and, during the first year or two of the war, slaves that escaped to union camps were returned to their confederate owners. Because the Civil War was not (originally) about abolishing slavery, it was about stopping the spread of slavery to keep the population managable at a size that couldn't revolt (ala Haiti)..Compare that to the saintly image we have of Lincoln and we can easily see how men with ideas compelling in their time can be exagerated into larger than life entities.

This is even easier in the case of Jesus when you can plagerize several ressurection stories that predate Jesus by 1000 years
Anthony

Jay,

I'm glad to know you can quote your Quran, but you did not address my points in any substantive way.

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I was making an argument based primarily on the text of the Quran. I was not.

I am making an argument based on HISTORICAL FACT, and the HISTORICAL RECORD. Islam's version of Jesus is in fact not historical. Not one serious scholar who specializes in the Historical Jesus affirms the Islam claims about Jesus (namely, that he was Muslim, and that he was not crucified).

You can quote from the Quran if you like. You can even quote from the 25 Ayat that actually mention Jesus by name. But, rational sound thinking people actually like to verify historical claims based on historical scholarship (a test your Quran fails).

Again, if your claims about Jesus are correct:

What converts did he win to Islam?

Where did his followers preach?

What did they contribute to the near east?

Why does all our historical evidence show Jesus' only followers were left with the belief that he died on the cross, raised from the dead, and was divine?

You Muslims claim Jesus was "a great prophet of Islam", but you can't even point to historical evidence of him winning one single convert! This is why I say the (false) Muslim version of Jesus is that of an inept failure.
orthodox

religion has nothing to do with material and not intuitive experimental science…people see shitty movies like kimatica or other christian mocking documentaries and they think they know…you don't know nothing…just keep on reading from all points of view about the subject and have your heart open…if you don't keep it open…your just a ignorant library rat…
Christianity islam and judaism are all ABrahamic religions..with some commonalities.
http://www.johannez.nl Johannez

fascinating, adults like kids, arguing over which fairytale is the most true..
DK McGreeb

yes jahannez, you've got it 100% right!
baibar5

there are proves that mohamed existed. in various books.
jesus, it’s another case. there is a roman writter that talks about a man that joined the jews in palistine, but no other reference
baibar5

not to forgot that those farytales are older than albost every country still existing
Ronin

haha (cartman style) :
muslims speaking about religion, philosophy, society lifestyle or peace is like a donkey trying to speak about quantum theory.
Ali

Aki…There are letters..embassy letters…invatation letters from the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) sent to other places ;).

There are letters in Palastine to not destroy the church where Isa Ibn Maryam was born…so your probably a person who has no will to research before making false claims.

There is more reference than just that about the existance of Jesus (P.B.U.H.) Where you ask?..In the greek quarters in Palistine..there is a book written by the family of Jesus (P.B.U.H.) his cozes and others. :).
Ali

Also…Some people should not talk the way they do about other religions..(even if they are nastik..athiest)…

“Muslims brought together all philosophy, society lifestyle, the first hospital, and had grand cities when Europe was still crawling socially”.

Its our fault we ignored the intense scientific discoveries we made..Of which still today people benifit.

Ronan .. where you are from..they probably dont teach you any of that ;).

& Johennez…Fairytale or not..it is what brought about the age of reasoning isnt it :)…(Talking about the Bible).
Clustergarde (on Youtube)

I believe that our Muslim friends have a much more accurate view of Jesus than christianity itself :-) All the best.
DK McGreeb

‘Jesus obviously did not exist’ & you have proof he didn’t?
DK McGreeb

Were there scientists around billions of years ago?
To my understanding from all of your carry on you are someone who believes that science is what “makes this world go round” am i right? Of course i am right! Science cannot. for a fact, determine how his world began other than “believing” it was from a “big bang”. So therefore science has an “acient fairytale” of their own known as the “big bang theory”. I believe there is a comedy show with the same title. Go figure.
Salam

When we go to paradise, Jesus the Christ will be the Lord under the supreme God. I would not make little of him, now, even if your understanding and knowledgeof Islam and the Bible is small.
you must also study his words recorded by his followers in the sacred books of Matthew Mark, Luke, and John. You will then know him when you see him as the King in Paradise the serves the supreme God.
robbyou

Drink the Kool-Aid DRINK IT!!! Also don’t belittle the kool-aid dispenser!
robbyou

No there were not scientists around billions of years ago. We had not evolved yet!
robbyou

I am not sure I follow. There has to be a language barrier on that last one
Woosaaa

Really? Is that why the muslim came 500 plus years after the life of Jesus…
Woosaaa

& then the other “adults like kids” want to butt in & argue & add their 5cents that their big bang fairy tale is the most true…
Tiago C.

Well i gotta say… you have a point. lol

But maybe the Big Bang is the “least untrue” or maybe, the one with at least the “most probability to be true”. Considering the background proof, as far as these fairy tales go.
Anon

To Ronin,
If you had been looking carefully, you may have noticed a line saying “Please remember to keep the discussions respectful” written before the submit comment button. Your comment was rude, disrepectful and almost hurtful to many. Plese think before you voice your opinions so crudly again.

I hope the comments one this page will be a nice way for people to discuss their ideas and beliefs and is not one where people disrespect eachother or impose cruelly.

God is merciful to belivers and non-believers and ” the mercy of God is open to those who seek it” (i cant remember the exact wording off the top of my head, but i know it goes like that)

So people, please be respctful to each other.

Peace xXx
Majid

As a Muslim, it is sad to see so many Muslim bashers on Documentary-log. Like I said before, Muslim Terrorist, Muslim Extremists, are a very secluded poor, low class, un-educated group. Those who hate Muslims in general have obviously haven’t met a Muslim or has unfortunately have had a bad experience with them. Modern science was started by Muslims. Before Muslims there was no Science Lab, there was no algebra, no algorith, no chemistry. Many of the Astronomical names were Arabic, until they were changed to roman during the Renosance (Dont know how thats spelled). Our Prophet Mohammad never preached hate or war, he preached peace and in war he preached not to kill women and children or the elderly and not to burn trees or destroy structures, this was when the Christains were persecuting Jews and converting them by the sword. Jews and Christains, and Hindus, and Buddhists flourished under Islam. Islam created the modern world. When Christains were carving crosses on wounds, with the wounded eventually dieing, the Muslims have made advances in Surgery, and medicine. People should really read into the real Islam and its true history. I shall not respond to the regular bashers as they obviously don’t care and are just looking for easy targets.
Mike Won’t be Replying

All religion stems from a time when people didn’t have the intellectual and mental acuity to understand their surroundings. Our collective intelligence is the true unique characteristic of the human animal, our writings pass on knowledge for the next generation to pick up and run. When we should be delighting in our long history, the improbability of each and every one of us sharing this world being the successful zygote (one of billions, i might add), and the glory of this expansive universe, you people are mired in theological arguments that give little more than despicable, egotistical delusions of grandeur for the weak-willed and maniacal. You are special, unique even, but don’t cling to the idea you have some supernatural father figure who created you with an appendix for no other reason than so it can kill you. Join the rest of the species and evolve already.
FrAnK

(As I stated in another reply on another doc)

To all religious believers:

When someone really really really believes that he/she is Napoleon Bonaparte, we call him/her mentally ill.
When lots of people really really really believe that there is/are (a) god(s), we call it religion.
Both beliefs are fictional.
Both beliefs are a threat to any enlightened society (although the “Napoleon”-thingie not so much …)
Both the “Napoleons” and the religious believers are extremely deluded and both suffer from severe hallucinations.

Be well (and by that I mean: please go see a psychiatrist and get well),

F.
Samet

In order to make such a comment, you have to understand the language that donkeys use… But I dont think that you (as a human) can understand it
flo

you are a dipshit.
flo

ok……but what “proof” do we have of our own existence?
flo

you were a kid once 2…then you grew up to become an asshole.
http://cheaprentalcar.sureblog.net Hobert Cordova

Just checking out your article on my new Samsung Phone , and I wanted to check if it would let me comment or if it was going to me go to a full pc to do that. Ill check back later to see if it worked.
Missi

Was totally stuck until I read this, now back up and rnuinng.
Roxy

This aritlce went ahead and made my day.
Tim

Too bad they love all these Hebrew characters but still want to slaughter Jews.

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