What are muslims views on christians?

Answer 1

Christians are referred to in the Quran as "People of the book". Jesus(pbuh) is a respected Prophet of Islam. He is not God though. Nor was their an original sin in Islam so, Jesus (pbuh) did not die on the cross for anyones sin nor did he die in the first place. He was raised to heaven and will return before the end of times.

The Qur’an accords the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) a special position. The very term to designate them distinguishes them from others such as idolatrous Arabs (Al-Bayyinah 98:1). It is a complimentary title as it acknowledges that, like Muslims, their faiths are based on revealed books or scriptures. In its family and dietary laws, the Qur’an gives a special consideration to the People of the Book. For example, a Muslim male may marry a believing Jewish or Christian woman (Al-Ma’idah 5:5). The Qur’an exhorts Muslims to engage in peaceful dialogue with Jews and Christians:

[Say (O Muslims), O People of the Book! Come to a common term which we and you hold in common: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall not ascribe divinity to none beside Him, and that we shall not take human beings for our lord beside Allah, and if they turn away, then say: bear witness that we submit ourselves unto Him.] (Aal `Imran 3:64)

It may be noted that “turning away” from this invitation is not presented as a punishable offense in this life, and that the consequence of rejection is to simply testify Muslims’ submission to Allah. Another verse in the Qur’an encourages peaceful dialogue and invites all to build upon the common ground between Muslims and the People of the Book. The Qur’an instructs Muslims:

[And do not argue with the People of Book except in a most kindly manner, except for those of them who are bent on evildoing, and say: “We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which has come down to you; our Lord and yours is One and it is to Him that we (all) submit ourselves.”] (Al-`Ankabut 29:46)

Not only do Muslims, Christians, and Jews share belief in the One God and divine revelation, they also share belief in human responsibility, consequences of good and evil deeds, moral teachings, and other values such as love, peace, and justice.


The Common Beliefs and Values of the People of the Book with Muslims:

Christian and Muslim belief have many aspects in common. Judaism too shares many beliefs with Islam. All true adherents of these three great religions:


- believe that God has created the entire universe out of nothing and that He dominates all that exists with His omnipotence.

- believe that God has created man and living things in a miraculous way and that man possesses a soul granted him by God.

- believe that besides Jesus, Moses or Muhammad, God sent many prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Joseph throughout history, and they love all these prophets.

- believe in resurrection, Heaven and Hell and angels, and that God has created our lives with a certain destiny.
The beliefs of the People of the Book are in harmony with Muslims, not only in terms of faith-related issues, but also of moral values. Today, in a world where such immoralities as adultery, homosexuality, drug addiction and a model of egoism and self-seeking cruelty have grown widespread, the People of the Book and Muslims share the same virtues: Honor, chastity, humility, self-sacrifice, honesty, compassion, mercy and unconditional love…



According To The Koran, Muslims, Jews And Christians Should Live In Friendship:

It is evident there are ample grounds for an alliance between the "People of the Book" and Muslims. This is also very evident in the Koran. In the relevant verses of the Koran, there is a significant difference between the People of the Book and the idolaters. This is especially emphasized in the area of social life. For example, it is said concerning the idolaters: "(they) are unclean, so after this year they should not come near the Masjid al-Haram (Kaaba)." (Surat at-Tawba: 28) Idolaters are people who obey no divine law, have no moral precepts and who are capable of committing every kind of degrading and perverse action without hesitation.

But while they basically rely on God's revelation, the People of the Book have moral precepts and know what is lawful and what is not. For this reason, if one of the People of the Book cooks some food, it is lawful for Muslims to eat it. In the same way, permission has been given for a Muslim man to marry a woman from among the People of the Book. On this subject God commands:

Today all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. So are chaste women from among the believers and chaste women of those given the Book before you, once you have given them their dowries in marriage, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as for anyone who disbelieve, his actions will come to nothing and in the hereafter he will be among the losers. (Surat al-Mai'da: 5)

These commands show that bonds of kinship may be established as a result of the marriage of a Muslim with a woman from the People of the Book, and that those on each side of the union can accept an invitation to a meal. These are the fundamentals that will ensure the establishment of equitable human relationships and a happy communal life. Since the Koran enjoins this equitable and tolerant attitude, it is unthinkable that a Muslim could take an opposing view.



Monasteries, Churches And Synagogues Should Be Respected

Another important fact we learn from the Koran is that Muslims must respect Jewish and Christian places of worship. In the Koran, the places of worship of the People of the Book, i.e. monasteries, churches and synagogues, are mentioned as places of worship protected by God.

…if God had not driven some people back by means of others, monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques, where God's name is mentioned much, would have been pulled down and destroyed. God will certainly help those who help Him - God is All-Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Hajj: 40 )

This verse shows all Muslims the importance of respecting and protecting the sanctuaries of Christians and Jews.

Indeed, in the Koran God commands Muslims not to harbor any enmity towards any people. In many verses, friendship is recommended, even with idolaters. God even refers to the idolaters at war with Muslims in this way: "If any of the idolaters ask you for protection, give them protection until they have heard the words of God. Then convey them to a place where they are safe." (Surat at-Tawba: 6)

Jews and Christians, however, are much closer to Muslims than idolaters. Each of these religions has its book, that is, they are subject to a revelation sent down by God. They know what is right and what is wrong, what is lawful and what is unlawful. They know they will give an account to God, and they love and revere His prophets. This shows that Muslims and the people of the book can live easily together and cooperate.

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Answer 2

I'm a Muslim and my views on Christians will be :-

* they actually are very nice people and can be a good friend, neighbor and society..

* they can talk just about anything and some are openminded too.

* i can't never agree on they misguided beliefs about Jesus as to me in Islam, Jesus is NOT a God. there are NO trinity - jesus, the father and holy spirit. He was never been crossed for the sake of of human beings and certainly cant save anybody from the sins they made except advising them to follow the truth.

* i hope one day, when Jesus came down from Heaven, he will open the eyes of christians as they have made a HUGE mistake and lead them to the correct path ( if GOD permits )

Answer 3

I am a Muslim and really the only difference between Christianity and Islam is that We only pray to GOD not Prophet Jesus. We follow the Old Testament and some of the New Testament ( because parts of it are missing and changed). Christians are really our cousins of religion as well as Jews and Sabians.We all are part of the Abrahamic faiths. Some of my best friends are Christians. And really Christians are Muslims to because all Muslim means is one who submits his/her will to the will of GOD. If everyone would realize that I think that there would be less animosity between religions. There are many paths to GOD.

Answer 4

well Muslims look to Jesus as the profit before Mohammad so Christians and Muslims -from Muslims point of view at least- have the same God, and Christians are simply a different "faith" for the same "general" religion, I am a Muslim and we are supposed to respect Christians, their properties, their lives, their rights, their praying and holly places

Answer 5

According to Qur'an Christians and Jews are the children of the book. Muslims are not asked to interfere with Christians and Jews beliefs.

Answer 6

We (muslims) call both Christians and Jews, ahl-e-kitab which means family by the book because we believe that Bible was given by God just as Quran came from God where we contradict is that Bible was changed by Human Beings where as not a single dot in Quran has been changed since it's revelation.
We believe in Jesus (as), we believe he is a prophet from God just as we believe that Muhammad (pbuh) is a propher of God where we disagree is that Jesus is NOT the son of God ( i mean no offense to Christians by saying that) because we dont associate anyone with God.

Answer 7

Islam teaches that Muslims cannot believe that Jesus was the Son of God under penalty of death.

They force Musllims to renounce the Divinity of Christ.
They renounce the Virgin Birth
they renounce Jesus's death on the cross and refuse the resurrection.

Answer 8

You are bringing up a controversial question on the table and I am sure people are going to exchange in here with betterness. It's like asking "what are the Africans' view on white supremacy, colonisation, and slave trade"

Answer 9

I believe that everyone has their own right to choose religion. and almost all religions promote well-being and treating others with respect, as how you'd like to be treated. if i should harbor hatred for a certain individual/family/event, it would be an isolated case, and not on the religion that he/she/they practice (or fail to) but on themselves. And i really wish people would see that doing something bad and claiming religion brought you to do it is wrong, and totally unjustified.

Answer 10

First to Gary, we are not forced to do anything, we believe that jesus is not son of God and is not divine because Quran says so and because God is One. We believe in the virgin Mary of course, in fact we have a full chapter called "Mariam" which is Mary in arabic. We believe in Christianity as a religion of God just as Judism and Islam. We believe in Jesus as a prophet (a man) Who was sent by God and one of the miracles that proved his truth was his birth. we DO NOT believe that Jesus was crossed because in Quran, Jesus was lifted to Heaven ALIVE, and the person that was crossed was not him but someone who seemed to be him. we believe that Jesus will be sent back to earth with his miracles (after the anti-christ) to guide the people back to God and that would be a sign of the approach of judgement day. The name of jesus was mentioned around 25 times in Quran and it's said that Jesus is a messenger of God, we, as muslims, have to believe in all His messengers, but before that we have to believe that God is One.
Back to the question, I have A LOT of friends who are christians, our neighbors, our colleagues. we congratulate them on their feasts and they congratulate us on ours. we go to eachother's houses and we eat eachother's food. we love eachother and respect each other. we respect eachother's beliefs even though we do not follow them. the few cases of violence done from either side would only be a result of misunderstanding on either part.
one more thing, our prophet Mohamed (PBUH) had married a copt from egypt and she has born him his son Ibrahim who had died before the prophet's death.

Answer 11

So, according to an answer above, if you say Christ was God, Islam (which means peace!!!!) specifies death It would be interesting to know for how many other things Islam specifies death. A savage, inhuman religion, for would be slaves and savages.