2006-10-05 06:43:42 · 5 answers · asked by mandyscorp 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I missed the 's' in restraint!
2006-10-05 06:45:27 · update #1
Judaism was in existence long before Islam; many of the beliefs of both Islam and Judaism come from the Torah (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), so some observances are similar. I'm Jewish, so I can't speak to Islamic beliefs as much, but I suppose I don't think of the practices as being restraints or abstinence (except perhaps occasional ritual fasting); I tend to think of them mostly as opportunities to do good for others, or to try to follow a path that I believe to be honorable and decent, and that is hopefully one that will not do harm to others, to the world, or to myself.
2006-10-05 06:54:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most of the Quran was stolen from the Old Testament, or Torah.
2006-10-05 06:51:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they come out of the same middleastern cultures; Mohammed was quite familiar with Judaism and Christianity when he started Islam.
2006-10-05 06:51:17 · answer #3 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not quite, but they do have a lot in common.
Islam is an off-shoot of Judaism, so kept some of it's ideas. (Ditto Christianity, which also had its roots in Judaism.)
2006-10-05 11:40:21 · answer #4 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they both worship the same god.
2006-10-05 07:45:52 · answer #5 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋