Salaam!

This is a letter from our holy prophet on how we should treat Christains. It is an English translation by Dr. A. Zahoor and Dr. Z. Haq.

"This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.

No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.

Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.

No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them. If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without herapproval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.

Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world)."

From your brother in islam
Beylal Racheha
Sydney Australia

Other Articles by Bilal (Beylal) Racheha can be found at the end of the article found: HERE.

R.P.Bendedek

Email: rpbendedek@hotmail.com

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R.P.BenDedek is the pseudonym of the Author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' (www.kingscalendar.com), and is a guest columnist at Magic City Morning Star News. An Australian, he currently teaches Conversational English in China.

'The Secret of Qumran' Academic Articles at'KingsCalendar Com' Publishing Co. http://www.kingscalendar.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewnews&id=333

"The King's Calendar" is a chronological study of the historical books of the Bible (Kings and Chronicles), Josephus, Seder Olam Rabbah, and the (Essene) Damascus Document of The Dead Sea Scrolls.