In Cologne, Germany, Roman Catholic priest Franz Meurer appears to have taken quite a liking to not only the Muslim people, but Islam itself. In this article, we read of Mr. Meurer’s efforts in fundraising to assist the local Muslim community in building a mosque. Local parishoners were encouraged to give to assist in the drive. Of course, one could compare such efforts to helping raise funds for construction of an Asherah or altar to Baal, but since Roman teaching says Muslims worship the same God as Catholics, we shouldn’t be surprised (per Paragraph 841 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition. Read it for yourself.)
Perhaps once the Muslims are no longer a minority, we’ll see if this statement by a Muslim writer is reciprocated by German Muslims:
You not only had a Catholic church tolerating Muslims who want to build a mosque … but you also had [Catholic] parishioners giving money so that people from another faith could also practice their religion in their own place of worship,”
One need not look to far to see that the Islamic definition of
“free society” is not quite what we Westerners are used to, nor is their definition of “freedom of religion.” Spiritual deceit abounds again – truth does matter. Seek truth diligently.

Where’s Dana Carvey today? Chuckle-chuckle. I don’t know – maybe I wouldn’t find him so funny today. Nevertheless, an interesting and somewhat disturbing post. As one who for a while attended a Jesuit high school and was active in a college Catholic fellowship group, I don’t recall ever delving into this topic. I may be way off base and I’m clearly out of my element. However, I think the term is, “Abrahamic religions” – wherein Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe in the God of Abraham. As such, doesn’t Allah = Yahweh = Jehovah? If that’s true, then it seems a curious thought that we’d be the same religion if followers of Abraham hadn’t gone off in three distinct and different directions.
When one examines Islam more closely, it really isn’t an Abrahamic religion. Although it includes people from the Bible, such as Abraham, Mary and Jesus, Islam rejects the Bible message. It borrows from but does not preach the same message in the Koran.
It would seem that the inclusion of Islam as an ‘Abrahamic religion’ is a modern one for our age and has no basis in reality.
Also, consider that although Muslims consider Jews and Christians to be ‘people of the Book’, in countries where Islam predominates, they levy special taxes against non-Muslims (‘jizya’) and forbid repair of churches without express written permission. The possibilities of building a new church are practically nil. You cannot even take a Bible into Saudi Arabia.