How do Muslims view people of other faiths?
Because Muslims accept that Jesus and the Biblical prophets were indeed true Prophets of God, Muslims identify a great deal with teachings found in Christianity and Judaism. Most scholars of religion agree that Judaism, Christianity and Islam share a common monotheistic heritage and world view. The similarities between the three faiths are in many ways greater than the differences. In recognition of this, some scholars call the three religions the “Abrahamic” faiths, since all three trace their history back to the patriarch Abraham. While cherishing the similarities, Islam holds that by the time of Prophet Muhammad, Rabbinic Judaism and the Christian Church had forgotten, misinterpreted and modified the original teachings of the ancient prophets, including Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. Muslims believe that within Judaism monotheism had been compromised with the raising of the opinions and interpretations of rabbis to the same level of authority as God’s word. In addition the concept
