This came out a little while ago (@LGF). Craziness.
The VP of CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) in a speech at North Texas University titled “Christ in Islam” claimed that if Christ were alive today, he would be a Muslim:

Meek, a self-proclaimed Muslim for the past 16 years, said his interest in Islam began when he was studying to become a Baptist preacher. He said he began wondering if Muslims were “confused Christians” or whether Christians were the ones who were confused. Meek said he was unsure of how to confirm his beliefs.
“I started from the prospective that I wanted to study the Bible to convince people that it’s true,” he said.
As he started studying the history of the text, he said he began doubting the truth of the Bible.
Meek said he compared the two religions and decided on Islam.
“It’s more compelling, more attractive to me,” he said.
He now works as the president of the Islamic Association in Lewisville and said he enjoys speaking on the topic of religion.
“Islam is totally more convincing,” he said.
Meek outlined the fundamental doctrine of Islam, a monotheistic religion like Christianity. About 1.7 billion people worldwide practice this faith.
Muslims affirm that all people are born Muslim, and they can either choose to embrace the teachings of their creator, Allah, or convert to a different religion, Meek said.
“If Jesus were here, he’d be a Muslim, and he’d say what I’m saying,” he said.

Ayman Taleb, president of the Muslim Student Association, went on to state:

“People would be dazzled at the fact that Muslims revere the same God that Christians and Jews do, and revere all the prophets mentioned in the Bible,” he said.

There are more than a few problems with this.

As Christians worship Christ as God, affirm monotheism, yet also affirm the Trinity, it is impossible to state that Christians and Muslims worship “the same God.” Allah is not the God of the Old and New Testaments. When Muslims affirm Christ as God, as outlined say in the Chalcedonian Formula, then maybe they can make that claim.

Other than that, would Jesus be a Muslim were he here today? Is there really that little difference between the faiths? I doubt it.
In John 18, as Jesus is arrested, about to be crucified -

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant, cutting off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

Jesus commanded Peter, “Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?”

Matthew adds:

Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

and Luke:

And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

Haven’t seen much of that in Islam.

Then again, comparing some images, I see differences:

Some of Christ’s followers: God Is Charity/Love.

Some of Mohammed’s followers: “We are all ready to die for Prophet Mohammed”

(Images from Hot Air)

or, this one:

Or, maybe the difference is that some of Mohammed’s followers kill a nun (one of Jesus’ followers), but that nun actually forgives her killers with her dying breaths.

Or, there is just the simple fact that Jesus said:

I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except by me. John 14.6

Jesus a Muslim…ehh, I ain’t buyin’ it.

Posted by casey on Monday, September 25th, 2006 at 11:21 pm.