Are Islam and Judaism inherently racist? Why else do they marry inside their clans and reject foreigners?

Question

If a man with a Jewish father and a Gentile mother moves to Israel he doesn't have the same legal standing as a Jew with a Jewish mother and a Gentile father. If he serves in the Army, he cannot be buried with Jews who have Jewish mothers.

Muslims can't even get along with Jews who are pracitcally identical to them genetically through Abraham so spare me the nonsense that they can get along with Gentiles...

Answer 1

Marrying inside your faith doesn't make you a racist. It probably just means that you are looking for a mate that shares the same beliefs and faith as you do, and it helps to preserve those unique values through generations. It may lend itself to close mindedness some of the time, but it doesn't by any means make someone a racist.

On an individual basis, it is PEOPLE who are racist, not religions, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, it doesn't matter. If individuals take and bend their faith into a source of hatred toward others it is wrong, but it is also wrong for you to assume that all of one religion or another is racist. This is where racism all started in the first place, misunderstanding and assumption about people who are different from ourselves.

Answer 2

I don't know the teachings of the Koran but the Jews are following the directives of God in the Tanakh his written Word. For when you bring others from outside your values and culture strange ideas are brought in which cause perversions and adulterations of given truth. Go to any tanakh or Bible and read The book of Judges and and see what happens to Israel. Also read 1Kings chapter 2 then go to chpts. 10 and 11. There are exceptions read the book of Ruth but take note of the differences.

Answer 3

I'm going to sound anti-semitic, but I do believe that Judaism is inherently racist, if only because it seeks to exclude from "salvation" anyone who is not a descendant of the 12 tribes. That belief is the essence of a racial superiority argument (i.e. racist).

Islam cannot be racist because muslims do not consider themselves a race. It's simply a belief system.

Answer 4

A friend of my is Jewish, and she doesn't look at races because there are more than Caucasian people that practice Judaism. Same with Islam.

Answer 5

I am Muslim and I have two sisters that are married to Americans. The men converted to Islam but are happily married. They are far better and more carring than other here in Saudi that I know. I am honored to have them as my brother-in laws.

Answer 6

because they put their belief in God before anything else, and want to make sure that they marry someone who also believes in the same things. That is why I married a muslim.

Answer 7

you are mistaken. from where did you get this information.
Muslims can marry christians and jews, there is no problem of that.. the only difference is that.... a man can marry a christian woman but a christian man can not marry a muslim woman.

Answer 8

Muslims can marry christians and jews.

Answer 9

See, you are wrong, entirely wrong. I am born and raised roman catholic.

I met a moslim man - we fell in love - and we got permission to marry from his family in less than a month.

It is the personality of the wife/husband bring that is decisive - not the religion - that is in any culture - in any land - in any family - in any religion.

I do not know who told you this nonsense - in the jewish religion it is exactly the same.

Read the koran it is clear on this.

Answer 10

Your question makes it clear that you never know anything right neither from Judaism nor Islam.