Hey Aussie Oz!
Sorry they're not quotes, just random musings on how poorly the gospel/bissar/injeel/injil is known by those effectively claiming to know it (by the label they wear).
The multi-ingredient gospel/bissar/injeel/injil is the central message of the Bible and of the "God of Abraham". Nothing was more important to Paul. Each of the prophets who had the spirit of Christ in them (1 Pet 1:11 not NWT) would also have had a degree of intimacy with the gospel.
If you were to ask the next JW who knocks to explain from the heart what the gospel according to Paul is you would see a shameful display of ignorance. Yet more than half the Bible's 152-odd references to the gospel (or "good news") are by Paul. Even more shameful since Watchtower followers falsely claim to be "publishers of the good news".
The gospel is known in Hebrew as bissar.
The gospel is known in Arabic and Urdu as Injeel or Injil. This word appears around 14-42 times in the Qu'ran (depending on which translation, I'm not yet sure of why the difference).
This website http://injil.org/Kalimatullah/index.html explains that 3 of the 4 extant Muslim holy books are the Tawrat (Pentateuch or OT), Zabur (Psalms) and Injeel (NT) - essentially the Bible!
It was also a revelation to me to realise how many prophets Christians and Muslims have in common: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_in_Islam and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophets_in_Islam .
I also now understand and see that genuine "Muslims are not Islamists" (religionists).
BTW I am not a linguist or trained scholar, so please forgive any errors. Hopefully it is at least of some use somewhere along the line.
