Muslims love Jesus

Forgive me if you knew this stuff already.
The Christian right is so convinced of their victimhood, regardless of the facts, that they must invent examples of how they are under siege. For example, on today's Breibart:
Canadian Imam: Muslims Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ Worse Than Murder

That was the title. If you dig down in the article you find an entirely different story.

Iraq's Cabinet formally declared Christmas to be a national holiday as the country's Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus amid tight security more than a year after Baghdad declared victory over ISIS who sought to eradicate all who did not follow the group's strict interpretation of Sunni Islam.

"We extend our warmest wishes to Christians in Iraq and around the world for a very happy and peaceful Christmas," the government said in a Tuesday morning tweet.

That seems a Hell of a lot more significant that what some no-name Imam says, right?
One Muslim nation > some nameless Imam.
Even further down in the article is this.

Damascus on Saturday night lit up its tallest Christmas tree in Abbasid Square amid joyous celebrations.
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In early December, streets, squares, shops and homes in the cities of Homs, Aleppo, Damascus, Latakia, Tartus and Hama were decorated with Christmas lights and ornaments in preparation for Syria’s first safe holiday season since 2011.

Both Christians and Muslims look forward to celebrating the occasion, and many Muslim families decorated trees in their homes, prompting jokes on social media about Christians taking photos next to Muslims’ Christmas trees.

“Our Muslim neighbors set up better decorations than we did,” said Meray, a Christian school teacher who lives in Al-Muhajirin district in Damascus.

Wait a sec. Muslims celebrating Christmas? I thought Muslims hated Christians.
Remember how it was "necessary" to pass more than a dozen anti-Sharia Law bills? Because that's a "real danger" in a nation that's 75% Christian. LOL.
Now you may think that Muslims celebrating Christmas is still against Islam, but you would be wrong. Here's the part that I didn't know.

You see, the thing is, Muslims love Jesus.

In fact, the Prophet Muhammad said: “The dearest person to me in friendship and in love, in this world and the next is Jesus, the son of Mary.”

It may come as a surprise to many to learn that Jesus is mentioned in the Quran over 100 times, while the Prophet Muhammad, by contrast, is mentioned just five times. Described as the best woman ever to have set foot on earth, there is a whole chapter in the Quran named “Mary” and she is the only woman mentioned by name in the holy book.

It’s not just that Muslims love Jesus – we believe him to be one of the greatest messengers of god. We believe in his miraculous birth. We believe that god gifted him with the ability to bring the dead back to life, heal the leper and bring sight back to the blind and, like Christians, we believe in his second coming back to this world.

Yes, Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet of Allah. They just don't believe he was the son of Allah. (Allah simply means "God")
I guess this shouldn't be surprising when you realize that the Islamic religion is built upon the Old Testament.

Analogous stories of wisdom and wit from the great prophets like Abraham, Moses, David and Noah are found in both traditions, as are descriptions of angels, the after-life and so much more.

I have to think that those both in the West and in the Muslim world that preach hatred against the other religions are either ignorant, or are heretics.

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The Aspie Corner's picture

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Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.

Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.

@The Aspie Corner
In my experience, many right-wing Christians know little about the teachings of Jesus and nothing about how the Bible was created.
The same can be said of their knowledge of other religions. Sometimes they even take pride in their ignorance.

The same is also true of free-market fundamentalists (who are often, coincidentally, right-wingers), and their lack of knowledge about how capitalism actually works.

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Deja's picture

Israeli warmongers, not so much, apparently. After all, nothing says Merry Christmas like blowing shit up on Christmas day.

I did not know that Mary was a book in the Quran. Thanks for the enlightenment!

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@Deja
there were two civilian flights trying to land at the time - one in Damascus and one in Beirut. The Israelis probably were hoping for a repeat of the IL-20 tragedy but this time having civilians killed by the Syrian self defense missiles. FUKUS media would have had a propaganda field day with their headlines.

Israel has a long and sordid history of using holidays and days of worship for surprise attacks.

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mhagle's picture

If you can stand to watch it . . .
[video:https://youtu.be/x71QNZsVqIc]

These guys are scary insane. And they have sucked a bunch of folks.

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

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@mhagle

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[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWrha18RGI]
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXL2hlmxJv0]

The only signs of Christmas in my neck of the woods is in the malls, trying to sell me some shit I don't need. In Syria, Muslims and Christians share the celebrations together.

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@CB
Taking the consumerism and commercialism out of Christmas!
It's unAmerican.

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detroitmechworks's picture

Good thing everybody follows that simple basic...

GODDDAMMIT ISRAEL, We're TRYING to be on your side here!

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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.

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@detroitmechworks

GODDDAMMIT ISRAEL, We're TRYING to be on your side here!

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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.