Certainly If John moschos where to come back today it is likely that he would find much more than that was familiar and the practices of a modern Muslim Sufi then he would with those of, say, a contemporary American evangelical. Yet the simple truth has been lost by our tendency to think of Christianity as a western religion rather than the Oriental faith it actually is. Moreover the modern demonization of Islam in the west, and the recent growth of Muslim fundamentalism (itself in many ways a reaction to the West's repeated humiliation of the Muslim world), have led to an atmosphere where few are aware of, or indeed wish to be aware of, the profound kinship of Christianity and Islam. William Dalrymple
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The real meaning of Islam is the crux of the matter. It is a religion, but not just any religion. Islam says that man must believe in one God who created the heaven and earth. And he must do so in all honesty and with all his heart.

Islam teaches that man must do deeds of righteousness in order to please God, and it teaches that man must seek the path to God through prayer and reflection. These are all things that Christianity has taught since the very beginning, even if the people of today do not understand them.

Source: From The Holy Mountain: A Journey Among The Christians Of The Middle East

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