Christ ian) put s Muhummed (peace be upon him)FI RST1 in his hundred, and wit h good reasons t oo. And wit h equally good reasons he places Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), the man accepted as "Lord" and "Saviour" by nearly all his fellow Americans, numberT H REE.

Though there are at the moment 200 million more nominal Christians in the world than the 1000 million Muslims, Mr. Hart divides the credit for founding Christianity between Paul and Jesus, and he gives the greater portion to Paul. Hence the 3rd position for Jesus. Every knowledgeable Christian concedes that the real founder of Christ ianit y is St . Paul and not Jesus Christ (peace be upon him).

In any event , if t here is any division bet ween a Muslim and a Christ ian on t he grounds of dogma, belief, ethics or morality, then t he cause of such conflict could be t raced to an utterance of Paul found in his books of Corinthians, Phillipians, Galatians, Thessolanians, et c., in t he Bible.

As against the teaching of the Master (Jesus) that salvation only comes through keeping of the commandments (Mathew 19:16-17), Paul nails the law and the commandment s t o t he cross Paul nails t he law and t he commandment s t o t he cross

According t o St . Paul, t here is not hing t hat Christ ianit y can offer mankind, ot her t han t he blood and gore of Jesus. If Jesus did NOT die, and he was NOT resurrect ed from t he dead, t hen t here can be NO salvat ion in Christ ianit y! "For all your good deeds", says t he Christ ian dogmat ist ,"are like filthy rags" \u2014 (Isaiah 64:6).

"THE DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS IS THECENT RE OF ALL CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. . . ALL CHRISTIAN STATEMENTS ABOUT GOD, ABOUT CREATION, ABOUT SIN AND DEATH HAVE THEIR FOCAL POINT IN THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST. ALL CHRISTIAN STATEMENTS ABOUT HISTORY, ABOUT THE CHURCH, ABOUT FAITH AND SANCTIFICATION, ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ABOUT HOPE STEM FROM THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST", says Prof essor Jurgen Molt mann in his \u2014 "The Crucified God".1

In a nut shell. No CrucifixionI \u2014 No Christ ianit y! This is t he experience of us Muslims, in this ocean of Christianity, which is South Africa. A thousand sects and denominat ions of Christ ianit y are vying wit h one anot her t o redeem t he"h e at h e n " (as they say) from hell-fire. However, in this battle no Christian priest, parson or predikant, or hot-gospeller, local or imported, will ever endeavour to teach the Muslim somet hing abouth y gi en e; for we Muslims can claim t o be t he most hygienic people (I am talking about personal hygiene). Nor do they endeavour to teach us abouth ospi t al i t y ; for we are the most hospitable of people. Nor about ethics or morality; for we are the most moral people \u2014 (as a whole) i.e. we don't drink, we don't gamble, we don\u2019 t dat e, court or dance; we pray 5 t imes a day, we fast for one whole month during the Muslim Holy month of Ramadaan; andw e take pleasure in being a charitable people. Despite any of our shortcomings, we venture to suggest that there is not another group of people that can "show a candle" to us in brot herhood, in piet y or in sobriet y.

salvat ion comes "only t hrough t he blood of t he lord Jesus". "All your good works are like filthy rags", he says. "If only you Muslims would accept the redeeming blood of Jesus, and take Jesus as your 'Personal Saviour', you Muslims, then would be like angels walking t he eart h. "

2. "Full of Doubts!" \u2014 In a st at e of confusion.
3. "Without Knowledge!" \u2014 In ignorance.
4. "Only follow Conj ecture!" \u2014 Guess work\u2014Fiction!

Could anyone have been more EXPLICIT, more EMPHATIC, more DOGMATIC, more UN- COMPROMISING in rejecting the dogma of a faith than this?" I MPOSSI BL E! " is the answer. The only One Who could, would be the All-Knowing, the Omniscient, the Omnipot ent Lord of t he Universe \u2014 GOD ALMIGHTY Himself!

Had t he Christ ians accept ed t he Holy Qur\u2019 \u00e2n as t he Word of God, t he problem of t he crucifixion would never have arisen. They vehemently oppose the Qur\u2019 \u00e2nic teaching and attack everything Islamic. In the words of Thomas Carlyle \u2014 "THEY (the Chr i st i ans) HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO HATE THE MAN MOHAMED AND HIS RELIGION.