(Axios) A billboard went up near the O’Hare oasis on I-294 around Christmas reminding drivers that “Muslims ❤️ Jesus.”
What’s happening: Oakbrook Terrace-based Islamic education center GainPeace placed the signs in Chicago, Houston and Dallas to highlight the commonalities between Christians and Muslims.
What they’re saying: “We’ve been getting a lot of calls and questions like, ‘What do you mean you guys believe in Jesus?'” GainPeace volunteer Aamer Abdul-Jaleel tells Axios, noting that Islam considers Jesus a “messenger of God.”
- “When we explain that and in order to be a Muslim, we have to believe in Jesus and the Virgin Mary, they’re just blown away.”
