Jesus tells us that Islam is a religion of the Devil

A belief which has become fairly popular in our world today is the belief in religious universalism. What this means is that all religions contain equal amounts of the same truth, just told to different people at different times in different contexts. It is the belief that all religions lead to God. I will be taking the time to expose such false beliefs in a whole new post alone, yet because this page is about Christ’s view of the Islamic doctrine, it seemed fit to speak of this in the opening introduction.

When we look at both religions, we see that there is much in common between Christianity and Islam. However, there is strong disagreement when it comes to the person of Jesus. For example: Christ’s death,crucifixion and resurrection is not a doctrine that is found within the Quran. In fact, the Quran goes as far as to say that these things did not even happen!:

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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:- Quran chapter 4 verse 157
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The Islamic belief is that Jesus was raised to God before all this could have happened to him:

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Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise;- Quran chapter 4 verse 158.
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Now, let us see what Jesus has to say about such beliefs.

In the following passages, Jesus had just finished telling the disciples about who he really was. After he had done so, he began to tell the disciples that he must suffer many things by the religious leaders. He also told them that he would die and that on the third day he would be raised to life:

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[20] Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
[21] From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
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After Christ displays unto his disciples the things which must happen against him, Peter took him aside and told him that these things should never happen to him. Now it is easy to understand why he had said such a thing. First of all, he did not fully understand the purpose behind Christ’s death, that it would be fulfilling scripture and bringing about the forgiveness of sins. It was also because he developed a great love for the teacher and therefore even thinking of such things were a pain to him. Peter’s denial of these things, although his intentions might have been different, falls in harmony with what the Quran has to say about Christ. That these things never happened to him.

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[22] Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
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When we come into view of Jesus’s reply in the following verse, it is almost impossible not to conclude that the Islamic religion is based off of a satanic influence. This is because when Jesus took Peter aside, he rebuked him by calling him Satan. He also told him that he does not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men:

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[23] But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
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Because Peter’s denial of Christ’s death, crucifixion and resurrection walks in harmony with the things the Quran says about Christ, mainly that he was not killed and neither was he crucified, we can conclude that if Jesus were to say that Peter was under the influence of Satan for saying such things, then Jesus would view Islam in the same manner. That it is a religion of man that is inspired of the Devil.