The Jesus Christ Mosque in Jordan

From WeaselZippers, Jordan Names Mosque After Jesus, "Proof That Islam is a Religion of Tolerance".....

The Islamic Jesus (Issa) has nothing to do with the real Jesus Christ......

Madaba, Jordan - A mosque named after the central figure of Christianity is the latest milestone of interfaith coexistence in Jordan.

Both Muslim and Christian leaders expressed delight when the Jesus Christ Mosque opened a few months ago in the tranquil town of Madaba, 30 kilometres south of the capital, Amman.

'This is a message to the world that Muslims consider Jesus Christ their own messenger because he informed humanity beforehand that the Prophet Mohamed was coming,' the mosque's prayer leader, Belal Hanini, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

'It also proves that Islam is a religion of tolerance and has nothing to do with extremism,' he said.

Hanini and other worshipers explained how followers of Islam and Christianity lived for a long time in peace and fostered fraternal ties in this area of the Hashemite Kingdom, an ardent supporter of interfaith dialogue.

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Verses from the Muslim holy book, the Koran, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ have been inscribed on the facade of the mosque.

According to their source, the pan-Arab daily Al-Quds al-Arabi, a local moderate Osama Abu al-Walid is quoted as saying:

“Calling Madaba’s new mosque after the son of the Virgin Mary is an important initiative to improve dialogue in our town, whose Christian and Muslim population coexists, …”

Local imam Jamal Safarati is further quoted to say:

“In this way, we want to emphasise that Jesus is also our prophet and is loved by all Muslims,”

Comments

[Ben]

Accursed obscenity!! Damnable deception!!

Islam denies Christ's divinity.

Islam denies Christ's Crucifixion.

Islam denies Christ's death.

Islam denies Christ's resurrection.

Islam makes Moe superior to Christ.

Islam co-opts Christ as a genocidal warmonger.

All of the above listed facts are fully documented in The Defamation of Jesus Christ. http://snooper.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/the-defamation-of-jesus-christ/

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[MK]

This maybe all warm and fuzzy, but why is Christian proselytizing illegal in Jordan.

[Layla]

That is a farce. What a joke. Seriously I am laughing. It would take a whole lot more than naming a mosque after Jesus to make anyone believe Islam is a religion of peace and or tolerance. Plllllllllzzzzzzzzzz!

[Katie]

I wonder what Christians must think of this. Would Muslims be offended by a Church calling itself "The Church of Mohammad"? You bet.