LONDON – A London imam has sent thousands of Islamic Christmas cards around the world for years in his effort to highlight the significance of Jesus (peace be upon him) for Muslims and to share the festive season with his community.

“Almost 10 years ago I decided to design a set of special Christmas cards talking about Mary and Jesus from the Quran. I print about 4,000 cards every year,” Dr. Mohammed Fahim, of the Qur’ani Murkuz Trust in east London, told Sky News on Tuesday.

The specially-designed cards have scenes of Al-Quds (Occupied Jerusalem) and verses from the Qur’an about Jesus’ miracles and Mary’s virgin birth.

Over the past decade, he sent them to everyone from the Queen to the Pope in a bid to highlight Jesus’s role as a prophet in his faith.

“I send them to the members of the Royal Family, members of the Houses of Parliament, churches, neighbors, colleagues at work, the Pope and all the EU leaders – amazingly I receive so many responses and interesting comments,” the imam said.

“I am pleasantly surprised and honored that Her Majesty the Queen, the Prime Minister and the Pope respond to my card every year.”

Dr. Fahim confirmed that Muslims believed in Jesus’ miracles, as well as his second coming.

“Muslims believe in all the prophets and messengers of God without making any distinction between any of them – as stated by God in the Qur’an,” he said.

“So if they believe in Mohammed and Jesus, why do they celebrate the birth of Mohammed and not the birth of Jesus? To celebrate, I mean to emulate, to study the lifestyle of these messengers, the great sacrifices they made and the legacy they left behind.”

The imam hopes his work will help dispel misconceptions about Islam.

“Every year, British Muslims are missing two golden opportunities (Christmas and Easter) to propagate the message of Islam, a message of peace, tolerance and justice,” he said.

“To show how do they integrate into the British society without losing their religion or watering it down.”

He added: “In trying to deliver this message of peace to as many people as possible, I encourage members of my congregation, as well as my friends, to send my cards to their contacts as well.”