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This is a very important question that often comes up in dialogue with Muslim friends: “We Muslims believe in Jesus. Why don’t you Christians believe in Muhammad?”

Why These Movements Unite Today

Although Islam (as a religion) and Marxism/Communism (as atheistic political ideologies) are very different, they sometimes form tactical alliances. The reasons include:

The September 11, 2001, attacks, driven by radical jihad ideology and political grievances, resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths. The Bible provides a framework for understanding and responding to such evil with truth and love.

Several Muslims have mentioned in conversations that Jesus appeared and spoke to them in their dreams. For some, it led them on a journey to salvation. However, some Christian friends have questioned this, and some have asked for my thoughts on the matter.

Some of my Muslim friends argue with me that when the Qur’an states that as Muslims we believe in whatever Moses and Jesus were given (Sura 3:84), it does not mean the present Torah and the Gospels that are part of the Bible. The following is my response.
1. The Qur’an’s own language
Sura 3:84 says: “We believe in Allah, and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Tribes, and what was given to Moses and Jesus, and what was given to the prophets from their Lord…”
Notice it doesn’t say “fragments” or “lost books”—it affirms a continuity of revelation.