Jesus Christ in Christianity and Islam

摘要

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge" [Bible, Hosea 4:6] Vindictive people with little knowledge of Islam and filled with malice try to misguide people by twisting the scripture. One such Islamophobe has drawn a fallacious comparison titled: "COMPARE CHRISTIANITY TO ISLAM". In order to clear the false propaganda, for the benefit of people of all faiths, it is considered prudent to unveil the reality, this is being presented in a series of articles for convenience and better comprehension. In the previous issues of DJ from July to October 2018, some questions raised through comparison between Christianity and Islam were responded to. The status of Jesus Christ has been debated extensively during last two millenniums, it continues even now. Throughout the history there has always been groups who considered him to be a prophet of God while others consider him to be son of God, third member of Trinity [Triune God]. Jesus Christ never claimed divinity, his later followers twisted the scripture to extract their desired meanings to prove that he was divine, son of God. The Unitarian Christian groups and Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in Trinity or divinity of Jesus Christ. Like early Christians and many other Unitarians Christians, Islam considers Jesus Christ as a messenger of God [Prophet], not divine. An effort is being made here to highlight various aspects of this most important and controversial issue, even among Christians about divinity of Jesus Christ.