Islam is the Religion of God and not Christianity

I do hope Pro finds time to post in the next round. Pro cites Deu 18:18 as being authentic history about what Moses said, so either this chapter wasn't corrupted, or the Qur'an relies upon a corrupted passage for its teaching. In the Qur'an, the Torah, Psalms and Gospel are time and again shown to be God's reliable Word. The Qur'an was written for the purpose of confirming these books. "Children of Israel . . . Have faith in My revelations, which confirm your Scriptures." (Sura 2, Al-Baqara [The Cow], verse 41) "A Book confirming their own has come to them from Allah." (Sura 2, Al-Baqara [The Cow], verse 89) "When it is said to them: ‘Believe in what Allah has revealed,' they reply: ‘We believe in what was revealed to us.' But they deny what has since been revealed, although it is the truth, corroborating their own scriptures." (Sura 2, Al-Baqara [The Cow], verse 91) "He has revealed to you the Book with the truth, confirming the scriptures which preceded it; for He has already revealed the Torah and the Gospel for the guidance of men, and the distinction between right and wrong." (Sura 3, Al-Imran [The Imrans], verses 3, 4) "This is a blessed Book which We have revealed, confirming what came before it." (Sura 6, Al-An‛am [Cattle], verse 92) "If you doubt what we have revealed to you, ask those who have read the Scriptures before you." (Sura 10, Yunis [Jonah], verse 94) "What We have revealed to you in the Book is the truth confirming previous scriptures."—Sura 35, Al-Fatir [The Creator], verse 31. Thus, by the time the Qur'an was given the Torah was still the word of God, and my opponent's citation of Deu 18:18 only confirm its reliability. Obviously the Qur'an wasn't telling them to trust corrupted books for guidance. But we also have manuscripts in the original Hebrew which confirm that Deu 18 reads much the same today as back then. We can thus trust Deu 18 to tell us who "their brothers" are, just as Pro trusted it to give him the prophecy in the first place. It doesn't say "their brothers" are the Ishmaelites. Deu 18:15 interprets verse 18. It says: "The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet FROM THE MIDST OF THEE, of thy brethren, like unto me." God is speaking to Israel through Moses, so "from the MIDST of thee (Israel)" means from among Israel. It can not mean from among the Ishmaelites because they were not there, and Deuteronomy never has God addressing them. Other examples: "But over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour." (Leviticus 25:46) "Ye" refers to all of Israel, and "your brethren" refers to all of Israel. "Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not they brother. . . That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren…to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel." (Deuteronomy 17:15, 20) "Thou" refers to all of Israel, and "thy brethren" and "his brethren" refers to all of Israel. We know this is true because God chose Saul from the tribe of Benjamin as the first king over Israel (see 1 Samuel 9:15-10:24), and ever subsequent king came from the sons of Israel. The reference to "brothers" means the descendants of Israel in each case. (Exodus 1:6; 2:11; 4:18; 32:27; Leviticus 10:6; 21:10; 25:46; Numbers 8:26; 16:10; 18:2; 20:3; 25:6; 32:6; Deuteronomy 1:16, 28; 3:18, 20; 10:9; 15:7; 23:19; 24:7, 14) Pro tells us Muhammad is like Moses by birth, marriage, etc, none of which are mentioned in Deu 18, but anyone can play that game. One could also reason that Moses was a Jew, so was Jesus, Mohammed was not; Moses was a Hebrew, so was Jesus, not Muhammad. I don't believe these games get us anywhere. Typical similarities claimed by Muslims are: 1) Both had normal births. 2) Both had normal deaths. 3) Both led armies. 4) Both were political leaders. 5) Both were rejected by their people but later became their accepted leaders. 6) Both brought new laws to their people. 7) Both emigrated before ultimately obtaining power. Points 1-7 are superficial similarities HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A PROPHET. In fact, these points are true of a vast number of rebels who overthrew their governments. A Biblical example is Jeroboam (1 Kings 11-15). Modern day examples include: Pol Pot, Mao Tse-tung, and Fidel Castro. All of these men had natural births and deaths, were married, were parents, emigrated before assuming power, at first were not recognized as the leaders of their people, they all led armies, and ultimately established themselves as political leaders who brought new laws to their people, and were statesmen. Castro and Mao Tse-tung have more in common with Moses, since they had surviving descendants from their male line. Jeroboam and Muhammad had male descendants but no descendants from their male line survived. I believe Pol Pot has a daughter but no sons. Outside of God's intended meaning behind the likeness of the prophets, all of these comparisons are insignificant. If someone tells you that you are like their friend, you would never assume that the likeness that they are talking about has no boundaries. They have a particular likeness in mind when they tell you this. Therefore, we must examine the context of God's statement to see "how" the two prophets would be similar. Pro hasn't, I will: (1) The context stated that the prophet would come from among them, Israel (Deu 18:15), that rules out Mohammed. (2) It also states God was giving them such a prophet in accordance to what they asked for, namely, a mediator. (Deu 18:15-16; 5:23-28) Both Muhammed and Jesus were mediators. (3) He must speak in Yahweh's name. (Deu 18:19) Jesus did speak in the name of Yahweh, the name of God found over 6,000 times in the OT. Islam has no place for the name Yahweh. Nearly every sura of the Qur'an starts with "In the name of Allah." Muhammad spoke in the name of Allah, but not in the name of Yahweh. Jesus' God-given Hebrew name, Yehoshua (Arabic, Yasu'u) in Matthew 1:21 literally means Yahweh saving. Islam does not call Jesus Yasu'u (Arabic transliteration of Yehoshua) as Arabic speaking Christians do, but they call him ‘Isa, which bears no trace of Yahweh. Islam has hidden every trace of Yahweh in their revered books. (4) Finally, the prophet must not speak what God did not command. (Deu 18:20) Jesus spoke only what God told him to speak. Jesus never spoke a word presumptuously or in the name of other gods. Muhammad however is credited with speaking a word presumptuously that God did not command him to speak. It is well known among Muslim scholars that he spoke the words of Satan, exalting pagan idols Al-Lat, Al-Uzza and Manat. Then he prostrated himself in the Mosque, among a joyful group of idol worshipers, confirming the satanic words that he brought forth. Sura 53:19-20 contain two phrases Muhammad spoke that are credited to Allah: "Have you considered Al-Lat and Al-Uzza and Manat, the other third?" As Muhammad meditated on this, Satan put upon his tongue and he proclaimed: "these are the exalted Gharaniq whose intercession is approved." Muhammad could not distinguish between the voice of Allah and the voice of Satan. Some time later Jibril came to Muhammad and told him that he spoke what Allah did not say to him. In the end, Allah annulled what Satan had given Muhammad, then established in its place Sura 53:21, 22 and 23 that are in the Qur'an today. For this reason the so-called "satanic verses" that Muhammad declared on behalf of other gods are not in the Qur'an but can be found in Ibn Ishaq's Sira, The Life of Muhammad, a book Muslims revere. Muhammad's speaking error puts him in contradiction with the speech of the prophet of Deuteronomy 18:18. Jesus meets all 4 requirements to be a prophet like Moses, Muhammad only meets one.