Christianity is a religion derived from the many teachings of Jesus. Christians believe in Jesus as the Messiah, the Son of God. The religion dates back over 2,000 years and including all its branches is the largest religion in the entire world today.

Islam in Arabic means: “Submission to the will of God”. Islam is founded upon the teachings and writings of Muhammad, dating back to 622 A.D. Of the world’s major religions, Islam is the youngest. In 1990, there were 881 million Muslims around the globe making it the second largest religion, next to Christianity.

One of the most obvious differences between the two religions is the Holy Book that each maintains. For Christians, the Word of God and all o

Looking at the Holy Books of each religion, there are two things that can be stressed. First, the Quran contains some explicit regulations regarding matters of personnel and social morality, but, unlike the Bible, in general the Muslim Scripture does not function as a legislative handbook. In the Bible, aside from the Book of Leviticus, which contains all the rules a true Christian is to observe, there are many other laws and commandments a Christian must uphold. In all there are 613 laws contained in the Old Testament of the Bible. The second detail that needs to be noted is that, “The Quran repeatedly labels Christians as ‘People of the Book’ and views their original Books as coming from God,”1 as put by Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin in the St. Anthony Messenger. This means that the Quran recognizes that Christians belong to the same God and share some of the same beliefs as the people of Islam. Already, it’s clear to see some distinct similarities as well as some differences between the two religions. Although, they both use their own version of the Holy Book, many of the prophets and people contained in the Books are the same. On the other hand the Quran contains fewer Books and doesn’t serve as a legislative handbook.

Many differences and commonalities have been mentioned up to this point, but there is one dynamic the two religions hold in common that constitutes the majority of harmony between them. This aspect is the belief in one God. In the Bible’s Old Testament, one can find this God being revealed to a chosen people. God commands these Jewish peoples to be faithful to a monotheistic religion at a time when polytheistic cultures were widespread. The Muslims to share this same monotheistic belief that there is one God and in order to be a true Muslim, Allah must be worshiped in public and privately throughout ones life.

f Jesus’ teachings are contained in the Holy Bible. The Bible is comprised of 46 Old and 27 New Testament books. Different from that of the Christians is the Holy Book of Islam, known as the Quran. Islam believes that the Quran is the message of Allah, or God. It’s believed that Allah has revealed himself to man through prophets. These prophets include Noah, Abraham, and others, many of whom can also be found in the Bible. In the Quran, unlike the Bible, there are only thre

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