Christianity VS Islam
...adicts what they believe. Many non-Islam believers believe that “Muhammad” is the Islamic God. But that is a misconception about this religion. According to Dictionary.com, the word Islam is defined as being “a monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God.” The word Islam means to make peace and/or surrender. The creed of Islam is very concise: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah. Islam teaches its people that there is only one God (Allah), and that he is the creator and sustainer of the universe. Many people believe that Allah is very compassionate and righteous. They believe that because he is compassionate, he calls all people to believe in him and worship him. Because he is righteous they believe that on the Last Day he will judge every person according to his deeds. The life of a Muslim is always within the community of the faithful ones. All declare that they are brothers to each other, with the mission to command good and forbid all evil. Muslims are expected to establish social and economic justice. They are also expected to proclaim their message out to the rest of the world. In early Islamic times this meant to use force in the form of jihad. Jihad is defined as: “a Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.” (Dictionary.com) The object of jihad was to gain political control over the society and govern them according to the Islam principles. Christianity and Islam are two of the most significant religions since their creation. Christian believers got their name because of the Jesus’ title, Christos, which is Greek for Messiah (Son of God). Both of these religions are very similar with only some of the beliefs and teachings being different. They both use different ‘messages’ to outsiders as to what their religion is all about. Both, Christianity and Islam, are monotheistic with a holy text and they both strive to conquer evil. Islam uses a set of defined rules, which the people follow, to reach enlightenment. As for Christians, they basically just sin, repent, and then are forgiven of their sins by God. Some people believe that Christianity is much easier religion to belong to because it is more lenient to what you can and cannot do. Islam religion is more ‘behind closed doors’ because they do not believe in sending out missionaries to look for ‘lost’ souls and try to convert them into being a Christian. For Christianity, Jesus was the Muhammad of the Islam faith; they both were God’s deliverers. Jesus taught the word of God, as was the Son of Go...