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Christainity and Islam

 

            
            
            
             Christianity and Islam: Conflicting with Today's World.
             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," submission to the will of Allah, the one God. Muslims are those who have submitted themselves. The basic creed of Islam is brief: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah (www.sharif.org.uk/ch8hamid). Islam teaches that there is one God, the creator and sustainer of the universe. This God, Allah, is compassionate and just. Because He is compassionate, He calls all people to believe in Him and worship Him. Because He is also just, on the Last Day He will judge every person according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. The life of each Muslim is always within the community of the faithful, all are declared to be "brothers to each other," with he mission to "enjoin good and forbid evil (www.


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