Dont you think Islam and Judaism are similiar?

Question

Two of the worlds greatest religions share a lot of similarities. Both believe in the oness of God. Both dont eat Pork, Both are conservative, dont display images of God, have similiar dietary laws. have fasts. I am a Muslim who studies different religions. I found Judaism so close to Islam. I have great for the Jewish people as they are people of the Book.

Answer 1

Yes, they do share much in common. Unlike Jews, Muslims accept the New Testament (but do not read it), they revere the Virgin Mary (especially under her patronage of the Immaculate Conception celebrated on December 8th and Our Lady of Fatima celebrated on October 13th). Both are Semitic peoples, both adhere to circumcision (but Muslims wait until age 13 -- not 8 days old) and other issues as well.

Answer 2

Similar? Yes, but there are some BIG differences. For example, Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last propet. Jews believe that that last prophet will show up just before the "end times," and save them. (That obviously didn't happen with Muhammad.) Most Muslims don't even know the difference between Jesus and the true Messiah, which is the one that the Jews are still waiting on.

It might interest you that the Jews are in deep dew with the Messiah though. The Jews took their name (apparently) from the "house of Judah." Bad thing to do, because they are obviously NOT the "house of Judah." The "house of Judah" is a reference to the people who are legally and morally in control of Jerusalem, BEFORE the "65 year seize of Jerusalem." That "seize" occurred back in 1948, and continues today. All anyone has to do is look at the prophecies surrounding the "seize of Jerusalem" to determine that the Muslim people are really the "house of Judah," or the ones who are correctly defined by the term "Judaism."

We're ALL God's people, and those who try to claim that "THEY" are the "chosen ones," are in the deepest dew.

Regards,

Chris

Answer 3

Parable:

There was a job to be done and someone hired a worker. The first one did not complete the job. And when it was time to get paid, the worker said that he should just pay the next person the full wage for the job and complete what he did not finish. Adn he did not get paid for his services. The second worker finished some more of the work that the first did not complete. But he too did not complete the job, so he told the one who hired him to not pay him and keep the wages. Now the third man came and completed the job that both of the first 2 did not complete fully. And he recieved full wages for what the others did not complete.


The moral is, muslims believe in all of the prophets and revelations and will receieve full rewards. Where most did not complete. PEACE!

Answer 4

Almost all religions at are the same. If you look at Christianity back when it actually told fact (the time of Jesus a.s.), it's all the same. Why? Because it's all God's words. All of the books of God orginated from that source. But when looking at the Isrealies that have been ilegally occupying military forces in Palestine, killing thosands of unannounced deaths by day, you can't say that you respect them . They are trying to destroy them . But dont get me worng. Its not like Im saying anything bad against Jews. Because like I dont want them juging me based on the fact that there are some bad Muslims, the same thing applies to them. Many Jewish people are great people, and are very respectable. Its not really the religion- in all cases actually. You cannot jugde some one based on what religious believes they have and that is the bottom line- its simple but many people object the idea and this is the main source of disagreements.

Answer 5

These are fairly small coincidental similarities, but yes, Judaism and Islam (and Christianity, too) do share a lot in common. There are all "Abrahamic" religions, sharing many of the same stories and beliefs and prophets, their only major differences being in their selection of the "greatest" or most divine prophet.

Most religions, at heart, promote similar truths and values. At their core, most religions are about peace and love and being groovy to each other. =) It's just people who like to split hairs and get in silly wars over the differences.

Answer 6

All human beings share common characteristics and behaviors, and we all experience pain and pleasure, sadness and joy in the same ways. That is why the ethical codes of all faiths are so similar because all involve us, and whatever our ethnicity or culture we don't want to be killed, disrespected, have our property taken without compensation, suffer an unfaithful spouse, have lies told about us. So we would expect the core ethical system to be almost identical. The Middle Eastern monotheisms all conceive God as a male patriarch, so we would expect similar character and motivations to be ascribed to God by each. Typically though, a believer would assert that the same God revealed himself to Father Abraham, Lord Jesus and The Prophet Mohamed, so of course they would each be very similar, deviating only because of the taint of human transmission.

Answer 7

The squabble between Islam and Israel is political, not religious. The religion is used to rally the troops. I think that material conditions in the mid-east have allowed Islam to rally more extremists.

I hope, and believe, that Israel and some future Palestinian State (I mean a second one to Jordan) can exist in peace.

There are a lot of things that need to happen before that happens.....the biggest one is that the Arabic State media has to stop the push all Jews into the sea rhettoric, groups like Hammas have to accept the existence of a Jewish state...and Iran, Syria, Tunisia, Etc. need to stop funding and harboring terrorism.

This isn't a religious issue. Israel is something like %65 secular.

Answer 8

Much of Islam was adapted from Judaism as it was the among the Jews that Mohammed first tried to recruit, and upon failure to so that Mohammed committed mass murder. While Islam DOES much of what it borrowed from Judaism, Islam's outlook on life and service to God are polar opposites to Judaism.

Anyone can do rituals and follow laws...it is the underlying belief system that defines the religion.

Answer 9

Why are religious people so mentally inept to realize why in hot countries pork is not eaten, which was then converted into a religious command? It is because pork spoils so quickly in the heat that it actually is a health risk. Back in the past, when enough people got sick or died off of pork, but not off of lamb or beef or chicken, what do you think that the people back then thought? They thought that it was against God's will to eat pork, hence it became a religious law. It is not until recent history that people knew what made food spoil, etc.

Answer 10

i've heard people say cousins, i think brothers is a better analogy. i'm jewish, i have also studied the muslim faith and culture, it is so beautiful. we have a translation of the holy qu'ran in our home, it is quite inspiring.

i see many similarities, unfortunately, that includes both "books" having negative hurtful comments about the other. i believe those comments are not proof that we are "supposed" to be mortal enemies. if anything, they are proof that politicians have been twisting people's religious beliefs for their own monetary gain since the beginning of time.

i am completely ashamed of the actions of the israeli government against palistine. thank you for not judging all of us on the actions of a few power mad monsters. (who, in my opinion, should have their pictures next to "the victim becoming the victimizer" in psychology books) i also have great respect for the muslim people, and do not feel that the psychos on t.v. could possibly represent such an honorable, intelligent group of people.

i personally think there are way to many misinformed people who claim to know the minds of every person in entire faith because of the actions of a few. esp. when so much of a person's faith is personal, and may not necessarily adhere to the "rules" as understood by only those least capable of independent thought and, because of this, real spiritual growth.
salom/shalom