Can a Muslim believe in Christ's crucifixion?

For Christians, the cross and the crucifix are familiar symbols that point to one of the great truths of our faith. The sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross is cherished as an act of God's great love for humanity. His death makes possible the salvation of all who are saved, both Christian and non-Christian. read more

Some Muslims do believe Jesus was, in fact, crucified, but also survived. The Ahmadis are a fairly new Islamic faith and teach that Isa ibn Maryam survived crucifiction, after he fell unconscious and was buried inthe tomb, wokeup and moved the rock outof the way. read more

Docetists were some sects of early Christians who believed that Jesus' physical body was an illusion, as was his crucifixion; that is, Jesus only seemed to have a physical body and to physically die, but in reality he was incorporeal, a pure spirit, and hence could not physically die.However,In Islam "the Christ" (al-masīḥ) is not generally viewed as distinct from humanity nor a special spirit being as in docetism or some gnosticisms. read more

As already seen, Muslims believe that someone was crucified and that people were made to think it was Jesus. Therefore it could be said that these quotes prove nothing. However, the Islamic view is that the early Christians knew that it was not Jesus, so it is strange in this case that all the sources speak of Jesus. read more