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Christians Must Heed
Jesus

Prophet during this time are verses that apply only to such exception-
al conditions in war.
The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is a man of love
and compassion like Jesus (pbuh)

Some Christians rather ignorantly presume to compare the two
prophets, both of whom are very valuable to us. They make highly un-
becoming assumptions, along the lines that Jesus was a man of love

while the Prophet Muhammad favored war. This is a slander on the
part of certain ignorant and prejudiced Christians who ignore the fact
that both the Prophet Muhammad and Jesus were submitted to God
and that they were blessed messengers who acted through His revela-
tion.
Due to their being lovers and friends of God, both of these blessed
people were of course full of love, affection and compassion. Nothing
else is possible.
Our Prophet spent 23 years as a prophet. During those 23 years,
which included very difficult times involving direct assaults by the pa-
gans, our Prophet undertook various wars in order to protect believ-
ers against attacks intended to martyr Muslims, and that continued
uninterrupted despite Muslims' peaceable attitudes. And dur-
ing all these wars he acted through God's revelation and took
all his decisions in the light of that revelation. Had the respon-
sibility regarding fighting intended to protect Muslims that
came in the form of revelation from God also
been imparted to Jesus, then he would

have abided by that obligation in
the same way that our Prophet
did. But Jesus was not exposed

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