What Pope Francis needs to know about Islam?

Pope Francis was recently asked about violence in Islam. The Pope replied:

I don’t like to speak of Islamic violence because every day when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy… this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law… and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics! If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence . . . and no, not all Muslims are violent, not all Catholics are violent. It is like a fruit salad; there’s everything. There ARE violent persons of this religion… this is true: I believe that in pretty much every religion there is always a small group of fundamentalists. Fundamentalists. We have them. When fundamentalism comes to kill, it can kill with the language — the Apostle James says this, not me — and even with a knife, no? I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not right or true.
Pope Francis on July 31, 2016

Is this a fair response? In this video, David Wood examines an important difference between violence in Catholicism and violence in Islam.

The Crucifixion: Can God Die?

There are two crucial question that every Muslim will eventually ask a Christian.
They are: Can God become a Man? And how could God die? How do you begin to answer these questions?

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Can God have a Son?

This topic is one that every Muslim is interested in, and it’s a question they will eventually ask a Christian. How do you answer the question: “Can God have a Son?”

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Islam, Muhammad & Quran by Jay Smith

In this video, Jay Smith examines new peer-reviewed evidence that calls into doubt that Mohammad wrote or dictated the Quran.

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