I would like to discuss this further with you, but I suspect you might be more conformable speaking in Arabic. Please contact me and we can continue this conversation in Arabic.

Simply put, the faith of Islam believes in the divine inspiration of the Qur’an and that is is the latest testiment or better put “Message” from God. Thus, if you are a Muslim, you will accept the warning that it gave that the Bible was simply edited by the “hands of man”. Add to that, the original compilation known as the Othmani Qur’an still exists in three copies (I have seen one myself) and thus Muslims will automatically add that there are, unlike the Bible, no translations of translations nor are there “versions”.

From the other side, Christians obviously do not accept the Message of Islam and therefore the warning of the editing of the Bible and view the matter differently. It should be pointed out, of course, that followers of Judaism do not accept either.

Wasting time by involving in various questionable studies (any agenda based study is questionable) and textual condemnations is for my part completely pointless and just another political excuse, the answer is you believe and have faith – or you do not or even more bluntly – you are a Christian or you are a Muslim.

The argument that because Islam does not accept the trinity or that Jesus/Issa is the Son of God is not an excuse to denounce the worship, love, appreciation or reverance for our God. Judaism does not accept that Jesus/Issa is a messenger at all, by your own analysis you must say that Jews do not worship the same God as well.

There are two main reasons that some come to the conclusion that you have, the same story that because Christianity pre-dates Islam, thus revalations by God afterwards are ridiculed (as did Jews of the coming of the Christ) or for second reasons that are more prominant, the current socio-political anti-Islam trend to galvanize support from conflict and hysteria.

Most Christian leaders have understood that in the current climate it is better to focus on the similarities, share and express joy and colaboration in the commonality of our Abramic Faith. The enemy of radicalism is in fact normality.

May the God of us all bless you and keep you safe.

Solkhar

(Solkhar is an experienced world traveller, a former diplomat and a western-born Muslim whom has chosen to live his sem-retirement in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains outside the historic Moroccan city of Marrakech)

You are more than welcome. Just trying to get the truth out!

Mr. H

Islamic apologists recognize these contradictions, and charge that the Bible was tampered with, though the amount of alterations required to explain the Quranic deviations from Biblical text would require a radical amount of rewriting of the latter. However, no extant Biblical manuscript, from before the time of Muhammad or after him, agrees with the Quranic contradictions, though they conflate with the Bible today. Many Muslim apologists thus look to the Gospel of Barnabas for support, with its additional obvious anachronisms and historical errors (like sailing to Nazareth), it is believed by both Christian and secular scholars (and some Muslims such as Abbas el-Akkad) though any ancient manuscript evidence, with its additional obvious anachronisms and historical errors (like sailing to Nazareth), it is believed by both Christian and secular scholars (and some Muslims such as Abbas el-Akkad) to be a circa 14th century pseudepigraphical work.

See also http://www.conservapedia.com/Quran#The_Bible_versus_the_Qur.27an