Is the Muslim claim that the Bible has been corrupted based on facts or bias?
The Koran and Islam claim that the Bible has been corrupted by Christians: “People of the Book [Jews and Christians], now there has come to you Our Messenger [Muhammad], making clear to you many things you have been concealing of the Book, and defacing many things.” In his Christian faith and Other Faiths, Oxford theologian Stephen Neill observes: It is well known that at many points the Qur’an does not agree with the Jews and Christians Scriptures. Therefore, from the Muslim point of view, it follows of necessity that these Scriptures must have been corrupted. Historical evidence makes no impression on the crushing force of the syllogism. So it is, and it can be no other way. The Muslim controversialist feels no need to study evidence in detail. The only valid picture of Jesus Christ is that which is to be found in the pages of the Qur’an. In other words, because the Koran is predefined as God’s perfect revelation and the Bible contradicts it, the Bible must be corrupted. Historical e
