Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

Somehow we need a way to get on despite our differences, to learn not to be threatened by those who hold very different beliefs, but to see those as an opportunity to learn.

Who you believe God is directly affects what you believe human beings are.

There is nothing wrong with being a fundamentalist, nothing problematic about being deeply committed to your beliefs; rather, the questions should be ‘What are those beliefs?’ and ‘How do they cause you to behave, especially towards others?’

Jesus does not belong in the Qur’an and Islam. He has been borrowed, ripped from his home habitat, and even though the Qur’an does its utmost to squeeze him into its theology, Jesus simply refuses to fit.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with believing your beliefs are true; the problem is when you treat those who disagree with you harshly and arrogantly. Cockiness is a problem; confidence and certainty are not.

The assumption that ‘all religions are essentially the same’ is usually held by people who haven’t studied any of them properly.

for the Qur’an the problem is human ignorance and forgetfulness; the solution is knowledge and information. By contrast, for the Bible, the problem is our sinful nature and alienation from God; the solution is atonement and transformation.

According to the latest research from the well-respected Pew Research Center, by 2060 Christianity will have grown to 32% of the world’s population, Islam to 31%,2 and the number of people identifying as atheists or agnostics will have declined to 12.5%.

true compassion: you did something, it cost you, and you suffered alongside.