Why do many Muslims not read the Bible when much of the Qur'an references Biblical Events?

Answer 1

Answer 1

Because their leaders tell them The Bible is corrupted and not original.

Answer 2

This is part of the modern conservatism seen across the Islamic World. During the Islamic Enlightenment, many Qur'anic scholars claimed that an understanding of the Qur'an is contingent on a proper reading the Bible. In addition, several major Islamic theologians wrote versions of the Old and New Testaments with Qur'anic corrections so that future scholars could have access to the stories in their most uncorrupted forms.

As Islam has become more isolationist (philosophically) in the wake of the Colonial Traumas across the Islamic world, and especially the Middle East, Muslim leaders have decried the Bible as corrupt and unusable and at the same time have prevented access to the modified accounts through mass illiteracy. This provides for a lack of critical thinking and analysis, making such populations easier to control.

Answer 3

It is not true that many Muslims do not read the Bible when much of the Qur'an references Biblical Events. Muslims believe in the Bible as a Holy Book as they believe in Qur'an and the Torah. It is true that Muslims believe that the current texts of the Bible have some alterations and changes from the original God-Given revelations of the Bible to Jesus. This explains the existence of different text versions of the Bible. However, this does not prevent Muslims who devote more time to religious studies to read the Bible. I don't agree with Answer 2 as concerns the statement that Islam was isolated and that the mass illiteracy provided lack of critical thinking and analysis. The religion of Islam was never isolated and the illiteracy of reading of some people doesn't prevent them from listening and attending study workshops.