Describing a non-Muslim as a brother or a friend

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In some countries, universities are mixed between men and women, and among them are those who are not on the religion of Islam,

The Shaykh:
and among them

The questioner:
are those who are not on the religion of Islam. Is it permissible for the Muslim student to say to the other non-Muslim students, "Our Christian brothers" or "My Christian brother"?

The Shaykh:
I seek refuge in Allah. Your disbeliever brother is a brother to you. This is not permissible. Yes.

The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to say "My Christian friend"?

The Shaykh:
And not "your friend," because this implies love, and friendship is love. It is not permissible to love disbelievers. Yes.

The presenter:
You.

The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.