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Libyan President Gadaffi questions accuracy of the Bible

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday with a tirade against the Bible, which he dismissed as a forgery, reports CISA News.

Speaking in Kampala, Gadaffi said any Bible and Tora (Old Testament) that does not mention Prophet Muhammad was written by mankind and therefore a fraud.

"The Bible we have now is not the one that was revealed to Issa [Jesus], and the Old Testament is not the one that was revealed to Musa. Muhammad is mentioned in both (original versions), but the Tora and Bible we have now, there is no mention of him," he said, according to the Monitor newspaper.

"It means that it (Bible) has been forged. Prophet Muhammad was sent to mankind. Allah wanted mankind to have one religion. The Koran that we have is the only book that was sent by Allah. We believe in the Bible as well as the Tora."

He said Prophet Musa (Moses) and Issa (Jesus) talked about the coming of Muhammad in the Bible which has been in existence for centuries.

"Issa is mentioned in the Koran 25 times, Musa is mentioned 128 times, Mariam (Mary mother of Jesus) is mentioned 30 times. It is all glorifying and highly respectful. We cannot be Muslims unless we believe in Issa.

“We have to look for the Bible and Tora that were sent to Moses and Jesus, but where can you find them? Unfortunately, the holy book that was sent by Allah was written by mankind and forged," Col. Gadaffi, speaking through a translator, said.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said he would soon be finding out from the Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, Luke Orombi, and Catholic Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga of Kampala why Prophet Muhammad was omitted from the Bible.

Last April, Gadaffi disputed the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. "It is not correct to say that another man resembling Jesus was crucified in his place." Christianity, he went on, was not a universal faith alongside Islam. "Christianity is not a faith for people in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Other people who are not sons of Israel have nothing to do with that religion."

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