The greatness of Islam is that we combine Judaism and Christianity. Jesus freed enslaved hearts; he was able to release human feeling; to reveal a kingdom of peace. Jesus' realm was the realm of the soul. Jesus is soul; Moses is mind – the mind of the Legislator. In Islam we intertwine both. The great Muslim philosopher Al-Ghazali actually called Jesus the "Prophet of the Heart."
The Muslim Jesus is not divine, but a humble servant of God. He was not crucified – Islam insists that the story of the killing of Jesus is false. He is, as it were, Jesus as he might have been without Paul or Augustine, or the Council of Nice. He is not the cold figure of English Unitarianism, and he is less grand than the exalted human of the Aryans. As you read these stories, what comes across most powerfully is that the Muslim Jesus is intensely loved...
The Muslim Jesus is not divine, but a humble servant of God. He was not crucified – Islam insists that the story of the killing of Jesus is false. He is, as it were, Jesus as he might have been without Paul or Augustine, or the Council of Nice. He is not the cold figure of English Unitarianism, and he is less grand than the exalted human of the Aryans. As you read these stories, what comes across most powerfully is that the Muslim Jesus is intensely loved...
