The Spirit of Christmas and the Spirit of Islam
How much do Christians and Muslims have in common? Plenty of clues can be found in the celebration of Christmas.
December 23, 2016
William Kilpatrick
Reprinted from CatholicWorldReport.com.
“The man that hath no music in himself/ Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds/ Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.”
–William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
Every year around this time, Ibrahim Hooper, the spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), sends out a Christmas message to Christians. The gist of the message is that Christians and Muslims have much in common because “Muslims also love and revere Jesus as one of God’s greatest messengers to mankind.” And to prove it he quotes from chapter 3, verse 45 of the Koran:
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