This excellent article by Dr. Muqtedar Khan, the Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware and a fellow of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, explores the promise of Muhammad to establish friendly relationships with Christians. I’m posting an excerpt and a link to Khan’s original publication at the Washington Post website as food for thought.
Muslims and Christians together constitute over 50 percent of the world. If they lived in peace, we would be half way to world peace. One small step we can take towards fostering Muslim-Christian harmony is to tell and retell positive stories and abstain from mutual demonization.
In this article I propose to remind both Muslims and Christians about a promise that Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) made to Christians. The knowledge of this promise can have enormous impact on Muslim conduct towards Christians. Muslims generally respect the precedent of their Prophet and try to practice it in their lives.
