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Flying Dutchman wrote:What is according to Islam the crime Jesus was accused of, to be punished with crucifixion?
shafique wrote:The Quran says clearly that Jesus did not die on the cross and therefore did not die an accursed death. Some Muslims believe another person was put on the cross, others say it was Jesus himself and he survived the crucifixion and just appeared to have died on the cross (God just says he wasn't killed, he wasn't crucified*, but was made to appear that way..) . All Muslims believe Jesus did not die on the cross.
Flying Dutchman wrote:What was Jesus accused of according to the Islam?
That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah.;- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:
..I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'
*Crucified means to be put to death on the cross - so someone who survives a crucifixion wasn't crucified, like a person who is saved from drowning or revived after appearing to have drowned, isn't said to have drowned but rather 'he didn't drown' would be said of him. The word in Arabic 'salabu' means 'put to death by putting on a cross'.
event horizon wrote:You claimed before that the crucifixion punishment doesn't mean to put someone to death.
event horizon wrote:Really? The Koran says "mischief" makers are to be crucified.
*Crucified means to be put to death on the cross - so someone who survives a crucifixion wasn't crucified
so in that context crucifixion is not used as a means of execution but rather as a means of inflicting pain as a punishment - i.e. as lashes are.
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