The common word which denotes the meeting point of agreement between Christianity and Islam is indeed an expression of a rich dialogical progress made by these two major religions. It really depicts a growth and maturity in Muslim-Christian relations. For the fact that the dual common ground was thought out by these two major religions implies that both see peace as the most paramount thing in the socio-political landscape. I think the two common ground of the love of God and the love of neighbor arrived at by these two religions indicate their source and link to the Abrahamic religion. Thus, the shamah prayer of Deut.6:5 corroborates. Against this backdrop the Christianity’s understanding that the humanity’s love of God and God’s love of humanity which is intricately connected can be viewed within this framework. From this foregoing love becomes the pinnacle of duties toward God and our neighbor. Muhammad corroborates this when he says that “None of you has faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself” Thus this has with Christianity’s principle “Whoever does not love neighbor does not know God and whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 Jn 4:8, 20)
From the foregoing, justice and freedom of religion become a crucial and an important aspect of the show of love to our neighbor. Muhammad thought on this is quite interesting when he said that the “most virtuous behavior is to engage those who sever relations, to give to those who withhold from you, and to forgive those who wrong you” This is to say that from these common ground one is sure of tolerance from both religions in any given community and society. Thus, the peaceful coexistence is assured in our world given the fact that the world’s population is mainly dominated by these two religions. Hence, these two religions by this common word believe that to be is to be related and to be related is to love which is the basic principle of any community.
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