Christainity and Islam

In the beginning there was God and his word. As the years past, things tend to get a little distance from the ¡§original plan¡¨ for the followers of each teaching. This issue is a little sensitive on every aspect because it is mostly speculation of each individual. Both religions are monotheistic with a holy text and they both strive to conquer evil. Christianity and Islam are two of the most significant religions since their creation. Many more churches and ministries have popped up over the United states in the past 10 -15 years, so to say.

Although Islam is less known than Christianity, it is the fastest growing religion in the in our country today. Islam is actually derived form Christianity. History books indicate that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel (www.sharif.org.uk/ch8hamid). The message Muhammad received told him that there was but one God, not many gods, as most Arabs believed. This God was creator of the world, and He would one-day judge mankind. The word Islam means "surrender" or "submission," submissio

Islam teaches to: ¡§Be mindful of you duty to Allah and try to promote accord between yourselves (8.2). All believers are brothers; so make peace between your brothers (49.11). Fight the idolaters all together, as they fight you all together, and know that Allah is with the righteous (9.36)¡K¡¨ ¡§Make peace between your brothers¡¨, means to make peace with other Muslims. If you are not Muslim, you are not one of their brothers. They also say to ¡§fight the idolaters¡¨, which means to fight against those who are not Muslim. This message to hate he who is not of the same religion is the complete opposite from that of Christianity¡¦s message (all from Holy Qu¡¦ran). I believe that is why Muslims feel compelled to bomb other peoples and fight holy wars. For Muslims, the reward for following the 5 Pillars of Islam is pleasant dwellings in Gardens of Eternity. These are the sole reasons for having the religions in the first place. The supreme goal of both religions is to successfully reach a peaceful afterlife.

A second source of guidance for most Muslims is al-Hadith (Tradition), a vast body of transmitted stories of what the Prophet said or did or what was said or done in his presence and therefore approved by him It was Muhammad's contention that Christianity had departed from belief in God's message as revealed in their Scriptures. After Muhammad's death in AD 632, it was feared that the content of the revelations might be lost, as those who had originally memorized it died. It was therefore decided to collect all the revelations, from what ever source, and make a compilation (http://muslim-canada.org/islam_christianity.html).

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