Christianity, Islam and Terrorism :: Threats To World Peace

The ongoing conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries of the Middle East and Africa have influenced Ameri fecal outlet public opinion against Muslims. There is a fundamental misconception of what exactly Islam sanctions, encourages, and allows. The tenets of the Islamic faith be, of course, discordent than those of Christianity, which prevails in America today. However, the twain faiths share untold in common and there is no rational rea parole to aspect Islam as an extremist faith, any more than Christianity should be viewed that way. How do Christianity and Islam differ, and how are they similar? What common ground can be reached between two cultures that clash so violently? While Islam and Christianity are unique and differ in many ways, the two faiths share similar features, that when analyzed rationally, can unite the two cultures under the banner of understanding. The faith of Islam centers itself in the gaga and New wills of the Bible, just as Christia nity does. Old Testament stories appear in the holy book of Islam, the Quran, as well as New Testament events. Islam does not dispute the veracity of the Bible, merely adds to it. As a matter of fact, Islam itself claims Old Testament roots. In the Old Testament story of Abraham, Sara, and Hagar, Abraham has two intelligences Ismail (Ishmael) and Isaac. Muslims claim the line of Ismail as their ancestor, and the Quran states, We shall worship Thy Allah and the Allah of thy fathers, of Abraham, Ismail and Isaac, - the one and only(a) (True) Allah. To Him we bow (in Islam). 1 Father Abraham is held in high regard in the faith of Islam. It is written in the dedicated Quran, Also mention in the Book (the story of) Abraham He was a man of Truth, a prophet.2 Jesus is also frequently mentioned in the Quran, not as the son of God, but as a prophet. The miracles He performed are acknowledged as divine acts of God that occurred through him, and it is also acknowledged that he was fount t o disbelief at the time. According to the Quran, God (or Allah) says to Jesus, O Jesus the son of Mary Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold I strengthened thee with the Holy Spirit, so that pace didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave.