#12564 Can Muslims Pray to the Same God? Mary and Conversion Issues - William Albrecht

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🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

“Can Muslims pray to the same God?” This question opens a discussion on the theological connections and differences between Islam and Christianity. The conversation also touches on the implications of John 14:6 in light of the Quran’s view of the Gospels, the Catholic response to Jesus’ separation from God in Matthew 24:36, and effective approaches to engaging with cradle Muslims and converts.

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Questions Covered:

01:47 – Since the Quran gives positive credit to the Gospels, what do they think of John 14:6?
05:33 – Muslims quote Mt 24:36 as Jesus separating himself from God. What’s the Catholic response?
12:21 – Sunan abi dawud 44:52. Is there any evidence for the four-witness claim?
16:35 – What’s the most effective approach to cradle Muslims and Muslim converts?
19:40 – Sure Muslims pray to the same God but He doesn’t hear them since they don’t pray in Jesus’ name.
23:40 – What does the Quran sawilliam alby about God being love?
28:45 – Did Islam come from Hagar and Ishmael
32:01 – What do you think about the theory that a gnostic offshoot of Catholicism prepared Mohammed to start Islam to foil the economic plans by the Jewish authorities that were challenging the growth of Catholicism?
33:23 – Do you ever discuss the Cappadocian fathers to Muslims?
40:23 – My friend is marrying a Muslim woman. She is going to convert to Christianity. Does it make a difference if she goes either Catholic or Orthodox?
45:17 – What was Islam before Mohammed?
48:16 – Where did Muslim veneration for Mary come from?

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0:14.5	You're a Muslim, and you would like to call and give us your side of this story.
0:20.1	Maybe you've got a question about Christianity or Catholicism in particular or a challenge
0:25.4	that you would like to pose.
0:26.6	Maybe you're a Catholic or one of our brothers and sisters in the Christian faith.
0:33.0	So you've got a question about Islam or a complaint.
0:36.2	I mean, we're not the complaint department for Islam, but maybe you've got a complaint about how we get along or whatever. 8883-1-8-7-884. I'm just trying to say, you're welcome to call. 8-8-8-3-9. Or they might want to complain and say, hey, you know, you're wrong and I'm going to tell you why. The Quran is right. Yeah, we'd love to dialogue with you. Yeah, we right. We will hang up immediately if you say, hey, you know, you're wrong and I'm going to tell you why the Quran is right. Yeah, we'd love to dialogue with you. Yeah, we're right. We will hang up immediately if you say William is, now we'll let you talk. We'll give you a chance. You are, I'm trying to get this point across. You're welcome here. Now we'll go to Gill in Long Island. He's been welcome here. I would say for years, we've been talking to
1:13.0	Gil. Hi, Gail. No, Gail? Did I push the wrong button? Before that, yeah. Oh, hi,
1:20.0	oh, can you hear me now? Yeah. I called even in 2014, 2013.
1:28.4	That's a decade ago, man.
1:30.7	Way back.
1:31.8	More than a decade you've been calling us.
1:34.6	Yes.
1:36.5	In Chapter 5 of Zura, they have respect for the Gospels.
1:43.2	What do they do when William, we present to them, John 146, where Jesus said,
1:48.0	quote, I am the way, the truth in the life.
1:50.0	No one comes to the father except through me.
1:53.0	And also in Matthew 121, it says she will give birth to a son and you are to give him the
1:58.0	name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins.
2:00.0	Is that true that in chapter 22 of Zoras, it says, I have no son, referring to Jesus being the
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