A Message of Peace & a Word of Warning — Page 17
A Message of Peace and a Word of Warning 17 that the days of the revival of Islam were at hand, and that the day was not far when Islam would triumph over all other faiths through its spiritual power. A word of explanation, however, before I proceed further. Islam teaches and we Muslims all sincerely believe, that Jesus Christ as was a righteous Prophet of God and that his mother was a model of virtue. Both are spoken of in the Holy Quran as worthy of veneration; indeed Mary as is mentioned in the Holy Quran as an example of purity and is referred to more reverently there than in the Gospels. The Quran, however, condemns with the utmost severity, their exaltation into divinities by the Church. That, and the refusal of the Church to accept the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa have become the sharp dividing lines between Church Christianity and Islam. The Promised Messiah as wrote: 'I am constantly cogitating over the possibility of a decision between us and Church Christianity. My heart bleeds over the errors of worshipping the dead. For what could be more painful than that a humble human being should be wor- shipped as God, and a mere handful of dust be proclaimed as the Lord of all the worlds. I would