In an era where Islamophobia has become a growth industry — from Quran-burning stunts to “Muslim-free zone” signs erected outside businesses — a fundamental question demands an honest answer: can someone genuinely claim to love Jesus while harbouring contempt for Islam? Sheikh Imam Dr. Mory, a veteran interfaith bridge-builder and community leader based in Florida, answers with a bold and theologically grounded statement that stops critics in their tracks: to be anti-Islam is, in truth, to be anti-Jesus, anti-Moses, anti-Abraham, and anti every prophet who ever walked the earth. This is not a rhetorical flourish. It is a doctrinal truth rooted in the Quran, the Sunnah, and the shared prophetic tradition that binds every Messenger of God — from Adam to Muhammad, peace be upon them all — into a single, unbroken chain of divine guidance, calling all of humanity to worship the One God.
All Prophets Shared One Mission: Surrender and Peace Before the One God
The Arabic word “Muslim” does not name a tribe, a race, or a political faction. It describes any soul that submits peacefully to the Creator of the heavens and earth — and by that definition, every prophet God ever sent was a Muslim. Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Isma’eel supplicated to Allah saying, “Make us Muslims to You” (Quran 2:128). Jesus (‘Eesa, peace be upon him) declared plainly, “Verily, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him — that is the Straight Path” (Quran 3:51). Islam did not begin with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him); it is the eternal, universal faith renewed in every age and perfected in the final revelation. This means that anyone who opposes Islam while claiming to defend Jesus or Moses is, without realising it, rejecting the very message those prophets delivered. The prophets were not calling humanity to themselves — they were calling humanity to God.
“If you say I am against Muhammad, well you are against Jesus and Moses and Abraham and Adam and hundreds of other prophets — because all of these prophets were not calling people to themselves. They were calling people to the one true God, Allah. And that is the unifying message for all of humanity.” — Sheikh Imam Dr. Mory
- Islam is a universal faith, not an ethnic identity: With over 1.7 billion Muslims spanning every country, language, and ethnic group on earth, Islam belongs to all of humanity — it is a personal relationship between the individual soul and God.
- Every prophet embodied the meaning of “Muslim”: Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (peace be upon them all) all surrendered to God, called to God, and lived in peace with God — the very meaning of the word Islam.
- Rejecting one prophet is rejecting all of them: Because the prophets share one source, one mission, and one God, opposing any single prophet — whether Muhammad or Jesus — is, logically and spiritually, opposing the entire prophetic tradition.
- The Quran honours Jesus and Mary with entire chapters: Surah Maryam (Chapter 19) and Surah Aal ‘Imraan (Chapter 3) are among the most detailed accounts of the birth, miracles, and mission of ‘Eesa ibn Maryam found in any scripture.
- Islam’s ethics are rooted in mercy even in conflict: Islamic law forbids attacking civilians, destroying places of worship, or harming the environment — principles that predate modern conventions on warfare by over a millennium.
- Islamophobia is fuelled by ignorance, not evidence: One politician’s researcher, tasked with finding grounds to ban the Quran, read the book in full — and accepted Islam. The text itself dismantles the fear it is supposed to inspire.
What the Quran Actually Says About Jesus, Mary, and the Purpose of Faith
No scripture on earth honours Jesus (peace be upon him) more completely outside of the Gospels than the Quran. Surah Maryam narrates the miraculous birth of ‘Eesa in vivid, compassionate detail — Maryam’s seclusion from her family, the angel appearing in the form of a man, her fear and her trust, the labour pains beside the date palm, and the infant Jesus speaking from the cradle to defend his mother’s honour before an astonished community. The Quran affirms the virgin birth without hesitation, describes his miracles (healing the blind and the leper, raising the dead, fashioning a bird from clay — all by Allah’s permission), and confirms his status as the Messiah and Messenger to the Children of Israel. It was Jesus himself, in the Quran, who prophesied the coming of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): “I am the Messenger of Allah unto you, confirming the Torah which came before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad” (Quran 61:6). What Islam corrects is not Jesus — it is the distortion of his message that occurred after him: the doctrine that God became man, that a prophet is the literal son of God, or that one man’s suffering erases every soul’s personal accountability before the Creator. Allah addresses this directly and with unmistakable clarity:
He [‘Eesa (Jesus)] said: “Verily, I am a slave of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet. And He has made me blessed wheresoever I be, and has enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live. And dutiful to my mother, and made me not arrogant, unblest. And peace be upon me the day I was born, and the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive.” — Quran 19:30–33
From Provocation to Understanding: The Islamic Response to Islamophobia
When anti-Muslim groups organised outside a Florida mosque on a blistering July afternoon — megaphones blaring, temperatures at 100 degrees — Sheikh Imam Dr. Mory sent volunteers out with chilled water and lemonade. When Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville announced his plan to burn the Quran in a stunt that drew international media and ultimately contributed to deadly violence overseas, the Sheikh walked into that church two days running, sat with an armed and hostile man, and appealed to his conscience — successfully, at least for a time. This is not weakness; it is the prophetic method. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was provoked repeatedly and remained patient. His counsel was precise: when someone insults you during a fast, say “I am fasting” and walk away. Do not respond to madness with madness, because the camera is always waiting to capture the Muslim’s reaction, not the provocateur’s instigation. The strategy that actually changes hearts is simpler and more powerful than any argument: invite people in, feed them, show them the mosque, let them see for themselves. As Allah reminds us in Surah Al-Hujurat (49:13), “O people! We created you from male and female and made you into nations and tribes so that you may come to know one another.” The purpose of human diversity was never division — it was mutual discovery. Every person who has stepped inside a mosque out of curiosity, sat with Muslims, and listened without the filter of media fear has walked away with a transformed perspective. That transformation begins with a single, ancient greeting — the same greeting Jesus used with his disciples, the same greeting that opens and closes The Deen Show — As-salamu alaykum: peace be with you. When we understand that this is the heartbeat of Islam, the claim that anti-Islam equals anti-Jesus ceases to be a bold statement and becomes simply the truth.
