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20 Nov 2017

By The Record

One of the key tenets of our faith is a belief in the Immaculate Conception, which establishes Mary as the unblemished, chosen Mother of Jesus, and which is celebrated on 8 December – but Mary is also revered as a figure of importance in Islam, with an entire chapter (or Surah) dedicated to her in the Qur’an. Image: Getty Images, sourced through iStock

One of the key tenets of our faith is a belief in the Immaculate Conception, which establishes Mary as the unblemished, chosen Mother of Jesus, and which is celebrated on 8 December – but Mary is also revered as a figure of importance in Islam, with an entire chapter (or Surah) dedicated to her in the Qur’an. Image: Getty Images, sourced through iStock