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Do Catholics think Muslims worship a different God?

Church teaching

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In short: No. The Church says Muslims “together with us” adore the one, merciful God. We disagree about a lot, but not about that. CCC 841

The answer, in writing

Church teaching

The Church teaches that God’s plan of salvation includes those who acknowledge the Creator, and first among them the Muslims. CCC 841

In the Catechism’s words, Muslims “profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God.” CCC 841

Every nation forms one human family, with one origin and one final goal, which is God. CCC 842

Our words

We disagree about real things, above all who Jesus is. But when a Muslim prays to the one God who made heaven and earth, the Church doesn’t say they’re praying to someone else.

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How we know · 2 Catechism paragraphs
  1. Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 841, 842 (official text on vatican.va).

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