The Disturbing Truth about the “Muslim Jesus”
Yes, “Muslims love Jesus”— but only because he will break the cross and slaughter the pigs.
Tucker Carlson’s recent claim that “Muslims love Jesus” is worse than might appear.
The problem is not that Muslims don’t really love Jesus; it’s that they love a counterfeit Jesus—one who promotes hate for and war on Christians.
Let’s carefully unpack this troubling matter.
On April 14, Tucker Carlson asserted:
The people in charge don’t want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus. Islam reveres Him as a major prophet and messenger of the Lord, believes He performed miracles, and states that He will return to Earth to defeat the Antichrist.
This is a perfect example of how a set of words can be true—literally speaking, what Tucker wrote is true—but can also mean antithetical things to antithetical audiences, in this case, Muslims and Christians.
Put differently, the “Jesus” Muslims love (known in Arabic as ‘Isa) behaves more like a faithful Muslim and sometime jihadist, not the Son of God proclaimed by the New Testament—which Muslims believe is fake news (or, in the Koran’s words, “distorted” and “corrupted,” from h-r-f, ح ر ف).
Here’s Tucker’s confusion: yes, when it comes to Jesus Christ, Muslims agree to a number of things that Christians agree to—certainly in comparison to Jews: Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, was sinless, performed miracles, and will return in the end times.
Again, on the surface, surely this would seem to suggest that “Muslims love Jesus”?
Not if you dig a little deeper (continue reading below…)
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