I'm doing a research paper and comparing their views on Jesus with some other religions. I know that they are an Abrahamic faith like Christianity and Judaism, in that their relgion can trace itself back to Abraham, I was just wondering if they believed the same as stated in the Old Testement of the Bible until then or if it was something different and where exactly to find that information.
2007-11-14 05:43:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is in the bible, look up Ishmael.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/ummiby1/ishmael.html
2007-11-14 05:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Arabs trace their roots back to Abraham's son, Ishmael, but Islam traces its roots to Muhammad, the Prophet-Founder of Islam.
If you want an easy way to check beliefs of various religions, I would download Ocean from this site: http://bahai-education.org/ocean/ It's free. It doesn't have much on Islamic history, but does have several translations of the Qur'an and a search engine.
2007-11-14 14:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by world_gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Islam basicly is a rip off of Judaism, Zoroastrianism and Christianity.
2007-11-14 16:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enter into your study the "Yemeni Fragments".
Here is a link that will inform you of many things concerning the origins of Islam:
http://cremesti.com/amalid/Islam/Yemeni_Ancient_Koranic_Texts.htm
It is not an article they want you to see or believe. Archeology is something which is not the Muslims friend.
2007-11-14 13:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam started as a Catholic Christian heresy in the east. Muhammad met a apostatized monk and that monk compiled the Koran for him. That's why there are similarities to christian beliefs in it.
2007-11-14 13:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by carl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋