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Interfaith Dialogue in Islam
in two ways: first, in writing and second, in the memory
of many Muslims at the time of the Prophet.

The Prophet Muhammad did not author the Quran. He
was the receiver of the message that God had sent to him.
The message of the Quran was not from the Prophet
Muhammad, but from God.

The Prophet did not start a new religion. The religion he
conveyed was the same as that which was revealed to the
earlier prophets Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, as has
been mentioned in the Quran. Muhammad is only the
Last Prophet and the Seal of Messengers.

The word ‘Allah’ is simply an Arabic word for ‘God’.
When the Bible is translated in Arabic, ‘God’ is written
as ‘Allah’ and when the Quran is translated in English
‘Allah’ is written as ‘God’. The Prophet Muhammad did
not introduce a new God, he rather referred to the same
One God, which in the Arabic language of his time was
known as Allah.

13 Can Muslims and followers of other

religions live peacefully in the long

term, considering the fact that

wherever Islam exists there is always
a potential for conflict?

here is conflict even between two members of a family.
TThis is because conflict is inherent in human nature;

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