Dear Sir/Madam,
I would like to bring to your attention two stories written by Mr. Jon
Meacham: First was the “The Birth of Jesus” (Dec 13) and the second
being the latest “From Jesus to Christ”(March 28th).
In the first article in his bid to display the importance,
significance and historical impact of the person of Christ, he goes
deep into history to dig up texts and quotes from literary pieces and
writers to signify the position that a virgin birth would have upon
humanity. He dives into various religions and mythologies to come up
with the significance of a virgin birth and what it portends for Jesus
as a messianic figure.
In the second article, he delves into the historical instances and
characters that concluded with the result of Jesus being given the
title of a saviour. In this article he dips heavily into Judaism to
display where Jesus lay in the context of that faith’s teachings.
It was apparently very noticeable in both articles the absence and
exclusion of the one and only faith besides Christianity that holds
Jesus as Divinely inspired from God: Islam.
It was quite astonishing to see such a grave oversight considering the
importance and respect that Islam places upon Jesus and his teachings.
I believe, that a person like Mr. Meacham who claims to be a religious
correspondent for one of the world’s leading news magazines, should
not have left out the significance of Jesus from the world’s most
fastest growing and influential yet misunderstood religions of all
time.
I would be more than happy and willing to oblige Mr. Meacham about the
importance of Jesus in Islam with whatever little knoweledge that I
possess.
I guess by now you have figured out why the email was written…
