Muslims should not lie about the Bible to convert people?

Question

I am really tired of Muslims lying and telling all Non Muslims that Muslims are encouraged by Islam to read the Bible (Old testament and New testament) and Torah. To begin with let me tell you that the Old Testament in the Bible is basically the Torah. The new Testament is the birth and life of Lord Jesus that every Christian is supposed to follow. If a Christian does not follow the New testament he cannot rightfully call himself a Christian.
Also the Old testament(Torah) does not contradict the Quran(Koran). The New Testament contradicts the Quran a lot. For example: The old testament has the law of Retaliation( an eye for an eye), In the New testament Jesus says The law of retaliation should not be applied, The Quran however says the law of retaliation is valid. The Quran does not have teachings of Jesus even though he is a Prophet.
So when Muslims say the Bible should be read by Muslims that is a blatant lie. What they mean to say is the Torah(old testament) should be read?

Ahmed A only Muslim who agrees with me. How can I contact you, you said Quran has teachings of Jesus, I wanted to know where?

Answer 1

In regard to the New Testament and the Quran, something that I have recently noticed is why doesn't the Islamic majority in the United Nation condemn the thousands of terrorist acts perpetrated by those of their faith? Because Muslims cannot judge other Muslims. Only Allah can judge them.

Yet when it comes to judging the infidel, there are no holds barred. They can set off bombs in buses and in markets, burn churches because of cartoons, sentence converts to death and thousands of other acts around the world--all with impunity.

Now, let us contrast this attitude with what the Bible teaches. 1 Corinthians 5:11-13 "For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside? But those who are outside God judges."

This is the polar opposite to Islam. The Bible teaches that the Christian is to judge the actions of other Christians and call them on the carpet if they are doing ANYTHING unbiblical. However, those who are NOT believers, the Christian is to leave alone, that only GOD will judge them.

Quite a contrast.

Answer 2

"the Old Testament in the Bible is basically the Torah"
This is inaccurate. The Torah is "The Law", the first 5 books of the bible, traditionally attributed to Moses and also known as the Pentateuch. The Hebrew Bible is sometimes referred to as Tanakh, not Torah, which only includes 5 books, as mentioned.

"Also the Old testament(Torah) does not contradict the Quran(Koran)."
Obviously, you have not read both of these. You should. Here's a decent Qur'an site http://muttaqun.com/quran/ .

"The Quran does not have teachings of Jesus even though he is a Prophet."
As mentioned by another answer, this is not true. However, there are very limited mentions of Jesus in the Qur'an. In any case, you should read it *entirely* before making off-the-cuff remarks about this.

Conclusion: you are not making a very good case for the honesty of Christians by making so many groundless claims.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Answer 3

I would think given the nature of of Islam, being an offshoot of Christianity, would encourage their faithful to read the Bible or Torah. Its does not seem to be a far fetched idea. I would think they Islamic faith wants their believers to better understand where their believes and concepts come from

However, being ask to and actually doing it is a very different thing. As the Quran and the New Testament definitely have their contradictions, it would have been very difficult to accept the other Holy Texts, when one had already been indoctrinated by their own Text since young.

Sadly, when either of the faiths look to the other texts, they are not striving to reconcile or better understand one another. They do so, so they can carry on bashing one another, mocking and laughing each other across the void

Answer 4

There should be no such thing as converting people, irrespective of faith tradition. Explaining one's beliefs to others is one thing; however, expecting or demanding a conversion to follow is not right, not to mention a very big turn-off to others.

As a devout, practicing Muslim, I look at The Bible in a whole new light. Not the same when I was Christian. I don't merely read The Bible; I study it objectively. From the Islamic perspective, if the Torah (which is supposed to be The Law of God) says one thing and Jesus (Allah's Peace be upon him) disagreed and said something else, that's big-time blasphemy, without a doubt. That's something he wouldn't even have dreamed of doing. He loved The Almighty with all his heart, mind, and soul. Going against and changing His Commands and Directives? Not a chance!

Answer 5

Muslims are no different from any other nonbelievers when it comes to understanding and interpreting Christian scriptures. God made no special distinction for them. If you do not have the right heart toward God you will not understand and be inclined to follow the teachings of Christ. It will all be foolishness.
The Torah and Koran are both centered on ritualistic observance of law. Jesus would free them from this, so their leaders have little or no reason to encourage in-depth reading. Those who do so and follow Christ are pronounced infidels and threatened with death, despite the fact that the threat no longer carries any great importance to the new believer.
Jesus is not a prophet of Allah, not if he is who he says he is. The Koran teaches that Judas, not Jesus, was crucified. This was a deception set up by Allah to preserve his prophet. And that deception is what led to Christianity? Absurd.
Many, many truths are finally being realized by the population of the entire world. The driving force of this new awareness is the brutality being witnessed every day. Ambushes, terror, and enslavement are not new ideas. But the things of Christ will never be known by those who mistakenly try to convince others that they do.

Answer 6

Not everyone is encouraged to read the bible, only scholars are.

Also, lying happens everywhere, so please don't generalize this on all Muslims.

If you want to hear lies, go to the anti-Islamic websites and research their so called arguments against Islam.
If you want to hear lies, listen and watch the media and how they depict Islam.

Neither the OT or NT should be read by the Muslims as we were instructed. Just those who are required to read it to debate Christians.

Also, who said that the Quran doesn't have teachings of Jesus?? It does give samples of what Jesus preached about.

Also, who said that the Quran doesn't contradict with the Old Testments??
There are freaky things written in the old testaments about killing/destroying/burning.

Answer 7

For one... Muslims don't lie about the Bible. Maybe you should be more spicific instead of generalizing the whole of Muslims.

For another... there are some contridictions in the bibles themselves, so I really don't think there's any need to point out to the differences between the Qur'an and the Bible.

And at last... The Bible has so many different versions, and has been corrupted, while the Torah still carries some of the basic that it contained when it was first sent.

And isn't it supposed to be one book, the old testiment and the new one? Think of it... you'll find it out on your own.


Peace.

Answer 8

Laptop Jesus, I think I love you!

Besides that, I'll just echo what the others have said. Muslims are encouraged to seek knowledge from all sources, and yes, that includes the Bible.

Answer 9

No it's not a lie.
As Jews, Christians and Muslims we believe in God.
All three are the same religion with different understandings.

As Jews or Christians we are the children of the book.

Answer 10

Brother, what we mean exactly what we say. We are encouraged to seek knowledge from all sources (despit their truth or not). Yes, the Torah has less contradictions but we should still learn and respect Christianity by reading their New Testament.

Peace.