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He feels caught in a no man's land... Sometimes I genuinely sympathize with him because one of the core Islamic articles of faith requires him to believe in our scriptures. It's quite perplexing and somewhat foolish if their God guided him to believe something that contradicts his own faith.

So, he ends up here, selectively choosing verses to justify that our scriptures don't convey their true meaning. Perhaps, through this approach, he might find some inner peace.

Muhammad's writings are called the Qur'an, which he claims were dictated to him by the angel Gabriel. Ali Imran, a fervid follower of the founder of Islam, is holding on firmly to his teachings which may be summed up in 5 doctrines - 1) the oneness of God (Allah), 2) prophets (Muhammad is the last), 3) many angels (good and bad), 4) final day of judgement (followed by heaven and hell), 5) the Qur'an is the word of God (though it references the Law, Psalms, and Gospel, which Muslims believe have been corrupted.

Muhammad, Ali and other adherents of Islam would agree with Jesus that "God is one." They selectively pick biblical passages with ambiguous phrases like "the only true God" to deny the doctrine of the Trinity and underline their teaching that Allah isn't triune. (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) The God of the Bible is. Saying God has a Son, as the Bible does, is an unforgiveable sin known as shirk to Muslims. For this reason, they'll never acknowledge Jesus is God.

Ali Amran is very different from the general run of Muslims. He's a practicing Moslem with a difference - he has a lifelong obsession with locking horns with Bible-believing Christians, and debating with stubborn determination to disprove the foundational beliefs of Christianity. But he's up against a wall, what with apologists like yourself, LKSM who are prepared to go to the wall to defend our beliefs. As God's representatives, we must portray Him faithfully and stand our ground on issues that are important to Him.