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Muslim Group Offends Christians With Jesus Advertisements Dubbed "A Prophet of Islam"

“Jesus: A prophet of Islam” states the provocative tagline in a “public awareness” advertising campaign launched by a Muslim group in Australia’s largest city.

The group, calling itself Mypeace, says its aim is to inform, not offend – but offend it has, with one Catholic bishop calling the assertion about Jesus “a direct assault on Christian beliefs.”

Roadside billboards in the metropolitan Sydney area carry one of four simple slogans: “Jesus: A Prophet of Islam,” “Holy Qur’an: The Final Testament,” “Muhammad: Mercy to Mankind” and “Islam: Got Questions? Get Answers.”

Each banner invites people to get in touch by phone or online, for literature and a free copy of the Qur’an. Mypeace says the ads will stay up for four weeks, and later this year will be run on scores of public buses in the city.

One of the billboards featuring the Jesus slogan was vandalized a day after it was erected.

Mypeace says its aim is to “address the many misconceptions on Islam, to educate fellow Australians on Islam, invite them to ask any questions that they may have.”

Islamic awareness campaigns are not new, but the slogan referring to Jesus is causing a stir.  Muslims and interfaith advocates sometimes invoke Jesus to assert some sort of commonality with Christians, implying that Muslims, too, “believe in Jesus.”

 

Two of the ads placed by an Australian Muslim group on billboards in Sydney. (Image: Mypeace)

But Muslims, and the Qur’an, deny the central Christian beliefs regarding Jesus – his divinity, crucifixion and resurrection.

Elsewhere on its Web site, Mypeace states that “the Qur’an … repeatedly reminds that Jesus was a human prophet sent by God, not part of God Himself.”

“In Australia with its Christian heritage a billboard carrying the statement ‘Jesus A prophet of Islam’ is provocative and offensive to Christians,” Julian Porteous, auxiliary bishop at the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, responded in an article.

“Central to Christianity is the belief that Jesus Christ is more than a prophet,” he said. “He is the Son of God. He is acclaimed Lord and Savior of humanity. This statement is a direct assault on Christian beliefs.”

Porteous said religions should not “set out to antagonize those with differing beliefs.”

“Dialogue between the religions can only take place when it is founded in mutual respect. It is not fostered by provocative statements.”

Porteous urged Mypeace to withdraw the ads.

Islamic doctrine holds that the 7th century Arabian Mohammed was the last in a long line of prophets of Islam stretching back to Adam, and including Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Jonah, John the Baptist – and Jesus. (The “Got Questions?” ad in Sydney also describes Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus and Mohammed as “prophets of Islam”.)

Mypeace did not respond to queries.

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People are mix up religion with Hausa's tribe or belief in a quran it was mentioned that if you kill you cannot enter heaven. It is hausa babaric ideal and those that are using religions to cause problem very soon God will judge them there is no cause to be fighting both moslem and christian we are worship the same God and we are brothers. 

Thank you my brother, you are the only one who has grasped my exact sentiments. There are good muslims and bad muslims, as much as there are good christians and bad christians. All earthly religions point to a supreme being which that religion worships. But some people will deceive others for their own gains by using a religion that prohibits asking questions about what you are taught, and using death as penalty for such questions and other things they feel will make them lose their grasp on the people they are deceiving. We all are GOD's children and we must find ways to live together as one; our differences in religion is just like our differences in language. 'Good morning' in your language may be said in another way different from my language, but it still conveys the same meaning. We are one, let us avoid things that may divide us. GOD is not powerless that HE needs mere mortals to fight for HIM on earth, as some radical muslims may want their followers to believe.
I dnt care abt any religion,d question is hw loyal/obidient are U to your chosen LORD..........,WO to U and I sinner's.
Regardless of the new contentions it neither add nor reduce christianity that continuously spread like wildfire. It can be understood with much nothing ado to the envy of the detractors.

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