The Crucifixion of Jesus (a.s.) in Islam & Christianity
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is an article regarding the crucifixion of Jesus ( a.s. ) from the Christian and Muslim point of view: The Crucifixion in Islam & Christianity . The Arabic original of this article, by Fr. Georges Massouh, professor of Islamic Studies at Balamand University, appeared in an issue of an-Nahar . The following is extracted from that article. Christianity is based on faith in the resurrection of Christ from the dead after his crucifixion. Someone who denies the Cross or the Resurrection removes himself from Christianity. For this reason, the Cross is considered to be the sign and symbol of Christianity. In contrast, Islam, on the basis of the Qur’an denies the crucifixion of Christ ( a.s. ), and adopts an opinion that had spread among certain Christian sects that Christ was not crucified but that it seemed to the Jews that they crucified him. These two beliefs, the Christian and the...