him in which they poisoned his food, and conspired with his enemies on several occasions. It suffices that they rejected him as they rejected Christ –peace be upon him- before, despite the clear signs and proofs concerning the truth of his message, and his overcoming the many difficult tests and trials from their Rabbis, and despite the witness of some of their scholars who embraced his faith.

Despite all of that, he never departed from fair treatment of them, and the dispute never took the form of racial discrimination. The Qur’an itself resolved this by demonstrating that good and evil are found in every nation, and that it is never right to say that one people is pure and holy and the other is unclean, as the Jews claim, which was commonly held during the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, and was prevalent in modern Europe. Rather, mankind (or the nation) sanctifies or pollutes itself. Each individual is accountable before God at the resurrection. There are many clear and unambiguous verses about this:

It is not according to your desires nor the desires of the followers of the Bible: Whoever does evil will be requited accordingly, nor will he find besides God any protector or helper. If any do works of righteousness as a believer, whether they be male or female, they will enter paradise, and not the least amount of injustice will be done them. Who is better in faith than one who submits his face to God and does good, and follows the faith of Abraham –turning away from idolatry? For God did take Abraham as his friend. –4:123 - 125.

Not all of them are alike: among the followers of the Bible are a group who are upright, reciting God’s revelations throughout the night, prostrating themselves. 3:113

Among the followers of the Bible are some who, if entrusted with a treasure, would readily pay it back; and among them are some who, if entrusted with a single coin, would not pay it back unless you were to stand constantly by them demanding. That is because they say: “we are not held to account for what we do to the gentiles,” but they speak a lie against God when they know the truth. 3:76

Among the followers of Moses is a group who guide towards truth, and by the truth do justice. 7:159

Thus, every Muslim must believe that those Jews who believed in Moses –peace be upon him- were the most favored people of their time. Later, those who believed in Jesus –peace be upon him- were the most favored people of their time. Later, those who believe in Muhammad –God’s blessing and peace be upon him- are counted among his companions, who are the most favored people until the end of the world. Any Muslim who rejects the three messages, or any one of them are not all of the same level of morality. Some of them are sinners and others are virtuous. Some are disloyal, and some are loyal. Some are dishonest, and some are honest. Some are just, and some are unjust.

Muslims do not claim to have a monopoly on justice, but acknowledge it in those non-Muslims who embrace it, as they acknowledge the injustice of those Muslims who cast it aside.

The Prophet sent some of his companions to Ethiopia during the time before the establishment of the Islamic state, because its Christian king at that time allowed no one to be treated unjustly. Similarly, ‘Amr ibn al-‘As bore witness that the Christians of Europe where the most resistant people to the tyranny of kings, and the most