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The Bible                                       The Qur'an
                                                "[All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of
"For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God       the worlds." (1/2) "And there was no
of Israel." (Jeremiah 16/9)                     nation but that there had passed
"Indeed, now I know that there is no            within it a warner." (35/24)
God in all the earth, but in Israel." (2        "And We certainly sent into every
Kings 5/15)                                     nation a messenger, [saying],
                                                'Worship Allah and avoid false
The Lord instructs nations to prostrate to the  deities.'" (16/36) According to these
Jews and lick the dust of their feet: "They     verses, God sent prophets and messengers
shall bow down to you with their faces          to all peoples and not only to the Israelites.
to the earth, and lick up the dust of your
feet. Then you will know that I am the          "Mankind! We created you from a
Lord, for they shall not be ashamed who         male and female, and made you into
wait for Me." (Isaiah 49/23)                    peoples and tribes so that you might
One third of the human race is condemned to     come to know each other. The noblest
curse and slavery when Canaan, son of Ham,      among you in Allah's sight is the most
was made a slave to Shem and Japheth.           pious of you. Allah is All-Knowing, All-
(Genesis 9/18-27)                               Aware." (49/13)
Paul said, "Nevertheless what says the
scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and
her son: for the son of the bondwoman
shall not be heir with the son of the
freewoman. So then, brethren, we are
not children of the bondwoman, but of
the free." (Galatians 4/30-31) Jesus is
portrayed as a racist in his answer to the
Canaanite woman who sought his help to cure
her daughter who was "severely demon-
possessed."He said to her, "It is not good
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