John 1

[Steve Consilvio]

Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum
No sister, I just meant to say that Islam has nothing to do with what "<i>certain Muslim countries</i>" behave towards Christians or Non Muslims in general.


Salam


wael.

That doesn't answer my question, however. What is the definition of Islam and Muslim, and how do they differ?


For example, I always took the word Jew to refer to the religion, but some people see it as an ethnic term, like being white, black or Italian. In other words, they used a secularized definition, not a religious definition. Are you suggesting the same thing, although with two different words?


Back to the greater topic of dying, how are Paul's writings explained away? Particularly 1 Corinthians 15

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

Since Muhammad confirms the existence of Christ, and Christ is obviously of some importance, especially as "the only living prophet" it seems intellectually weird to dismiss the only evidence of his existence, or to dismiss parts of the testimony of those who were much closer to the event than ourselves. Why not just dismiss all of it?


Anyway, I am grateful for this understanding. Can you tell me where in the Koran to read the passages that make these claims regarding switching places with Judas?