This is not an “extremist” view. As I explain in The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran, it is mainstream Islamic teaching that Jesus was a Muslim who taught Islam, and that all the Biblical prophets were Muslims as well. In this view, their followers then twisted their teachings to create the distorted and false religions of Judaism and Christianity. That is why Abdulkarim Asuku exhorts the Muslims in Ebira land to start “exhibiting Christianity.” He considers himself a true Christian, a follower of Jesus’ true teachings. Some Muslim leaders have even called themselves Christians, which simultaneously thrills and misleads their Christian partners in “dialogue.”
“Jesus was a Muslim, Kogi CoS accused of disparaging Christians,” The News Nigeria, May 26, 2020 6:07 pm
The Chief of Staff to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State Abdulkarim Asuku is in the eye of the storm over disparaging comments he allegedly made against Christians and their religion during a radio programme.
The programme on Radio Kogi, 93.5 FM was meant to educate and calm frayed nerves on a leadership tussle over the Chief Imam of Ebiraland. The former Chief Imam, Sheik Musa Galadima had passed on last year. Rather than reduce tension however, Asuku’s comments widened the gulf of religious intolerance in the Confluence State….
Asuku condemned the rift between members of the Izala and the Tijanniyah sects and derogatively accused them of behaving like “modern day Christians who have neglected the teachings of Jesus Christ, a Muslim, and gone after Barnabas and Paul who coined the concept of Christianity.”
While the presenter tried to caution him against making such remarks, the CoS went on “My plea to the Islamic Ummah in Ebira land is that for God’s sake, they have started exhibiting Christianity. The Muslims in Ebira land have deviated to Christianity ignorantly. The reason why I am saying this is that in the Qur’an, Hadith and the Prophet that we are all following, it is not written anywhere that there is Shi’ite, Izala, Terriqqa, Tijanniyah, Salafiya, Ahmadiyya, Quraniyu or any other sect in Islam. God told us to obey the five pillars of Islam and obey him as the only God.
“This is the same message He sent to Christians of old through Jesus Christ who we call Prophet Isa. But, modern day Christians have today turned their religion upside down. The Ebira Muslim Ummah has today turned their religion to the way of modern day Christians because of this Imamate issue. There is nothing like that in Islam. What they are doing is modern Christianity”.
Efforts by the presenter to lure him back to line saw him retorting. “Don’t be in a rush. I have a reason for saying that because I am heading somewhere. Even you will still have to go and check your Bible today.
“The old era Christians who followed Jesus Christ used to call him “Teacher”. He was sent to the Israelites and given the Bible. We Muslims call him the spirit of God. Jesus told Christians that there is only one God who created him. You can check this in the Bible book of Deuteronomy 6:4. Jesus said and I quote;
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one’. Jesus told the old era Christians in the book of Mark 12:19 when he was asked about God that; ‘Hear O’ Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one’. Still in the book of Mark 10:32, the Israelites affirmed what Jesus had been telling them, saying, ‘O Teacher, you said it and you are right. The Lord our God is one’.
“Look, Jesus was a Muslim. Anyone who is worshipping God in Ebira land know that all we have talked about now is Islam. There is no other god but Allah alone and there is none beside Him, according to the Qur’an. The same thing that Jesus said then is what the Qur’an has said now.
“It was after Jesus died that Saint Barnabas and Paul stood up and coined the word Christian, to mean Christ-like, long after the death of Jesus Christ. That is the Christian religion that people are following today. That was not the religion of Jesus and that is what those struggling to become Imam are bringing into Islam today”, Asuku declared….
Many Christians have accused Asuku of religious bigotry and demanded for an apology over “his embarrassing remarks about Christianity.”
Wellington says
I would laugh if it weren’t for the fact that Islam is an ongoing tragedy, a blight on the human race, and which appropriates so much and engages in projection with great regularity.
I don’t see how anyone can study the character of Jesus and the character of Mohammed and not clearly, indubitably, see that the character of Jesus is infinitely superior to that of Mohammed. There is something missing if you can’t. Fitting though since Islam misses so much and all of its followers are deluded, only the degree to which being in question.
owensgate says
Well, they’ve managed to get the pope, or should it be “Popatollah”, on their side, so there must be something to it that Satan likes… but giving attributes of the devil to Jesus seems dangerously close to the “Unpardonable Sin”. I wouldn’t want to be in the popatollah’s shoes.
Susan Rakes says
Right on!
gravenimage says
Even “Jesus” (“Isa”) is a comparatively decent figure, certainly far morally superior to the appalling vicious “Prophet” Muhammed.
The only thing is that he is supposed, in the last days, to mass murder all Christians who will not convert to Islam.
CogitoErgoSum says
This guy is just making it up as he goes along …. same as Muhammad did. He also knows very little about Christianity …. same as Muhammad did.
Wellington says
Seconded, CES.
Uma Maheswar Nakka says
Strange and pity, these kind of people are followed and believed by other Muslims.
Ordinary Joe says
If they choose to follow the greatest of all deceivers they cant complain when they are lied to .
mortimer says
Muslims like to claim (based on the say-so of the Koran alone) that there was a ‘Book’ that was ‘given’ to ‘Issa’. However, New Testament scholars know that the apostles ‘proclaimed’ an oral message in public on and after the day of Pentecost. This oral ‘proclamation’ of ‘Good News’ is called ‘The Kerygma’.
The Kerygma eventually was written down and became the New Testament. There was no ‘Book of Issa’ nor did the apostles receive a ‘Book’ besides the Old Testament. The Koran is historically in error.
This proves that the Koran is a false book of human origin.
The books of the New Testament were written years after the crucifixion. However, the Koran contradicts this historic fact and claims that Jesus was ‘given’ a ‘Book’.
There is no evidence of any ‘Book’ that Jesus had or one that he passed to the disciples. The Koran’s claim of a ‘Book given to Issa’ contradicts what we know about the methodology of composing the Christian scriptures (NT).
The Koran is in error, thus, it is of human origin. The Koran is a counterfeit.
mortimer says
DOES ABDULKARIM ASUKU GET ANYTHING RIGHT ???
Abdulkarim Asuku made four claims that are historically false:
“It was after Jesus died that Saint Barnabas and Paul stood up and coined the word Christian, to mean Christ-like, long after the death of Jesus Christ” and “Jesus Christ was a Muslim”.
Responses:
1) Abdulkarim Asuku claims that ‘Jesus died’, but the Koran claims Jesus did not die but was taken into paradise by Allah without dying … EMBARRASSING ERROR … the Koran claims that Jesus DID NOT DIE ! Wrong.
2)Abdulkarim Asuku claimed that Barnabas and Paul ‘stood up’ and created Christianity. WRONG! In Act 1.14 ” … Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words … Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified both LORD and Christ … 37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the HOLY GHOST.” (That sounds like PETER was the first to proclaim Christianity on the day of Pentecost … not Paul or Barnabas.) Wrong again!
3) Abdulkarim Asuku claims that Paul created the word ‘Christian’ and that it means ‘Christ-like’. WRONG! and WRONG! Act 11.26 “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” At first the followers of Jesus were called DISCIPLES (Greek Strongs #3101–pupil/learner: men-Acts 9:18, 26; women-Acts 9:35, 36); because of their religious faith they were called “BELIEVERS AND SAINTS.” MEN were called BRETHREN-(Acts 9:30, 31; and WOMEN SISTERS -(Acts 16:1, 1Cor 7:15, 1Tim 5:2). In Antioch, a Syrian city (Acts 11:26), the disciples were first called Christianos as a mockery. So, Asuku is WRONG again.
4) Abdulkarim Asuku claims that “Jesus Christ was a Muslim”. WRONG! Nothing in the New Testament gives any evidence for the claim that Jesus thought of himself as a Muslim or taught a version of Islam. Fact: Jesus called himself a ‘Jew’ and he taught Judaism: “We Jews know whom we worship because it is from the Jews that salvation comes” – John 4 v 22
Abdulkarim Asuku doesn’t get anything right. All his claims do not fit the historical record. The Koran is a book of fantasies.
gravenimage says
Fine post, Mortimer.
Of course, Muslims cover this by claiming that Christians “corrupted” the Gospels, which used to be as vicious as the Qur’an.
Bujang Senang says
Well explained. Thanks.
Jayell says
“DOES ABDULKARIM ASUKU GET ANYTHING RIGHT ???”
Is Abdulkarim Asuku actually capable of getting anything ‘right’? Does Abdulkarim Asuku have the appropriate intellectual equipment to get anything ‘right’? Perhaps more to the point, is Abdulkarim Asuku in any case actually bothered about getting anything ‘right? Or is Abdullahkarim Asuku just doing the normal islamic thing of pushing his own personal agenda and cherry-picking bits of information from here, there and everywhere to validate anything he chooses to do or say, just as the Great Prophet and his gang of associates lifted whole tomes of likely-looking material from existing genuine religions to cobble together a ‘Holy Book’ that would give them validation with their gullible Dark Age public? That’s the philosophy of the cheapskate street-market barrow boy who’ll say anything that comes into his head to relieve his clients of the excess weight in their wallets – but would land the big businessman in court on a serious charge of Gross Misrepresentation. Which is where Abdulkarim Asuku should be.
mortimer says
The historical record shows that Christianity was founded on the day of PENTECOST in the year 30 AD. It was *NOT* founded by Paul, since Peter was the first apostle to proclaim the Christian message in Jerusalem in 30 AD. This shows that the first teachings of the Christian church *WERE NOT* Islamic.
The first teachings of the church were 1) fulfilment of Biblical prophecies 2) divinity of Christ 3) atonement by crucifixion of Christ 4) resurrection of Christ 5) necessity of baptism to join the church. ISLAM DENIES ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS. The Koran is a book of fantasies.
It is apparent that the author of the Koran has not read the Book of Acts nor is he familiar with the earliest, oral Christian message (The Kerygma) which is enunciated in the Book of Acts and the Epistles.
Wishing all Christians many blessings on Pentecost 2020 and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Christian church.
Bl says
If Jesus was Muslim then how Mohammad can be only one profet
gravenimage says
BI, Islam doesn’t claim that Mohammad was the only prophet–they claim he was the *last* one.
Islam considers all of the Jewish prophets as well as Jesus (“Isa”) to actually have been Muslim.
Iambob says
So that no one, on this site, will be deceived…This ‘imam’ is an inveterate liar-just like his daddy (Allah) the devil.
https://www.gotquestions.org/difference-Christianity-Islam.html
https://www.gotquestions.org/same-God.html
FYI says
“Jesus was a muslim”?
WWJS?What Would Jesus Say?
“We Jews know whom we worship because it is from the Jews that salvation comes”
John 4 v 22
There you go.
Jesus Christ says He is Jewish.
That’s from the Gospel a book..please note muslims..
allah CONFIRMS koran 3;3 as authentic
allah says he gave to Jesus koran 5:46-47
The koran:a book where allah insists the prophets must be from the Children of Israel koran 45:16
It seems allah is OK with Jesus being JEWISH…
Note that all Biblical prophets satisfy allah’s criterion of koran 45:16 as having the right to be prophets as they were from the children of Israel.
Guess who does NOT satisfy allah’s criterion of being entitled to be a prophet as he was NOT from the children of Israel?
Ok:I’ll give you 3 guesses..
1]he was not from the children of Israel
2]he ADMITTED he was a false prophet {al tabari 6;111}
3]he mass-murdered the children of Israel{Abu Dawud 4390}died after being poisoned by a Jewish woman{someone from the children of Israel…} which could only have happened because he was preaching a FALSE god al lah something YHWH does not permit…
That’s right!
The “prophet” muhammed;and laughably,he does not even qualify as a genuine prophet according to the koran’s own criterion as he is NOT from the children of Israel.
muhammed’s fate….
Deuteronomy 18 v 20
{you see?…in a way muhammed is in the Bible}
muhammed was NOT Jewish:look at his fate at the hands of YHWH.
his Arab god al lah couldn’t save him from his assassin:..a WOMAN and …JEWISH
OLD GUY says
OH, and I’am sure he is a fifth grade scholar leading the political ideology parading as a religion.
E T says
I really do not know what to believe anymore and just this morning my pet unicorn told me he is a prophet, and he use to fly Hitler around but he flew away when the Muslims said they wanted to take him back to the Middle East. He likes that I wear blue jeans, drink wine and sometimes listen to very raunchy music. I feed him deer food with the money I save on gas. He is a very fast flyer and takes the crows routes, so I always have more shopping time.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Muslim leader claims Jesus was a Muslim
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As Robert Spencer notes, most Christians probably think that this is fringe silliness. But this is how all orthodox Muslims think–his being an Imam is no accident.
Worse, Muslims regularly murder Christians because they dare consider him the Son of God.
Jyoti Prakash Mitra says
The Islamists think the resurrection of Christ was completed only with Islamic conversions. They are trying to show, Islam was achieved from a division in the Judaism. Blasphemy!
ronyvo says
Typical Islamic ignorance speaking. Muslims are desperate, watching the exposure of the ugly truth about Islam is a threat to their satanic system.
Al says
And in today’s episode of brains on vacation…
Leonard Feinman says
Jesus was a Jew, but Judaism begat both Christianity and Islam. Judaism produced a life-code that was copied, in part, by people who were multi-theists and had to incorperate some of their old “Pagan” ideas to make acceptance palatable. Jews would not worship a man they felt was just as mortal as them.
The early Christians used the Torah as a stepping stone to launch their narritive and finish their bible.
So one day, this guy Mohammed walked into a Jewish village and needed mercy. He learned the ways of the Jews, and let his thoughts see a newer reality. The previous iterations of Judaism were based on the works of prophets and he felt he was one too. Though Judaism did not allow for pillaging, looting or raping, his idea was that Allah would reward his followers with the spoils of war. They felt their mission was to destroy the old, and convert or kill any deniers of the supremacy of Islam. They do not have a built-in sense of equality or any respect for anybody else’s religious belief.
At some other point in history, the Judeo/Christian world would be in a physical war with the Islamics, but since they were removed by force from Europe, they have changed their tactics and reinvaded. There is only one cure for Islam, but we are not allowed to persue it.
grandpahalfdime says
Christ was the Son of God.
His church was founded long before the abomination of Islam was ever conceived in the mind of a crooked pedophilic merchant some 600 years later.
Mohammad was no different than Hitler, Lenin, Mao, Ho, Pol Pot, Castro, or Chavez. Just another POS who wanted to rule the world.
Christ was no more a Muslim than Mohammad was a Christian, that has been proved with 1400 years of war against honest, God fearing people.
Billy Chickens says
“Jesus was a Muslim.” ……. Hahahahahahahah!!! OMG! LOL!!!! ROTFL!!!!!
Billy Chickens says
“Jesus was a Muslim” Hahahahahahah!!! LOL!! ROTFL!!!!
Billy Chickens says
“Jesus was a Muslim.” Hahahah!! The One True God is Allah? LOL!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!! ROTFL! OMG. Have to wipe the laughing tears from my face! Sniff sniffsniffcan’t stop laughing.
Billy Chickens says
Heheheh…mmm. Sigh………………..(“Jesus was a Muslim”.) …..???? HAHAHAHAHAH! Rolling AGAIN on the floor laughing!!!!!!
Yogesh says
So Christians r now Catholims!