2. Comparative Study of
Religions
Islam, Christianity and Judaism
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3. Group Members
 Muhammad Zulfiqar Siddique Khan
 FA07-BET-119
 Naveed Abdul Sattar
 FA07-BET-122
 Qasim Javed Bukhari
 FA07-BET-127
 Rizwan Ghani
 FA07-BET-131
 Sami-ur-Rehman
 FA07-BET-145
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4. Judaism
 Moses and Abraham
 Torah (Holy-Book)
 Monotheism
 Halakhah Law
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5. Region of Judaism
 Israel
 2000BCE
 Language “Hebrew”
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6. Essentials of Judaism
A kippah (skull cap)
 Tzitzit (prayer shawl)
 Tefillin (two boxes containing Bible)
 A kittel (over garment, worn by prayer leaders)
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7. Teachings of Judaism
 Monotheism
 Torah is divine revelation
 7 , main text contain (sub-text)
 13 points (controversial)
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8. 13 points of Judaism
1. Creator, alone made every thing, doing well
2. One, Only God
3. Not a human, free from physical matter
4. First and Last
5. Only to pray
6. All works of Prophets are true
7. Moses, teacher, chief of Prophets
8. Torah is the only revelation
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9. 13 points of Judaism
9. They Believe that Torah will not be changed
10. God knows all deeds of human
11. Reward and Punishment on deeds
12. Belief on Messiah, will come
13. It will come and please the Creator
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10. Prayers of Judaism
3 times a day
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11. Holiday in Judaism
 Saturday
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12. House of Payer
 Synagogue
Jerusalem Synagogue
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13.  Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism
The Western Wall 13

14. Regions
 Israel
 Germany
 Poland
 North Africa
 USA
 UK
 Canada
 Argentina
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15. Christianity
 Jesus
 Bible(Jewish Bible + New Testament)
 Jesus is the Son of God
 Cannon Law
 Languages “Aramaic, Greek”
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16. History of Christianity
 1stcentury AD Jerusalem
 Christianity began as a sect within Judaism
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17. Region of Christianity
 33 BC
 Palestine
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18. Text of Christianity
 Bible
 Total73
 Main 4
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19. Beliefs of Christianity
 Jesus the Christ ( Son of God ) , Messiah
 The Death and Resurrection of Jesus
 Salvation
 The Trinity
 Scriptures
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20. Places of Worship
 Church
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21. Islam
 622CE
 Means “Submission of Allah’s Will”
 Adherent of Islam is knows as “Muslim”
 Muhammad (SAW) is Last Prophet
 Require to observe Five Pillars
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22. Basic Beliefs
 Belief in one God (Allah Almighty)
 Belief in all Prophets
 Belief in all Books reveled by Allah
 Belief in Angles
 Belief in Day of Judgment
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23. Five Pillars of Islam
 The shahadah (Kalmah Shahadat)
 Salah
 Zakat
 Sawm
 Hajj
 Unite Muslims in one Community
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24. Islam
 Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
 Quran
 Sharia (The Islamic Law)
 Hadith
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25. Teachings of Islam
 Worships
 Salat (Prayer)
 Saum (Fasting)
 Hajj
 Zakat (Charity)
 Allpeople are created Equal
 A complete way to lead a life
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26. Larders in Islam
 Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
 Ahl-e-Bayt
 Sahabah
 Khulfa-e-Rashedeen
 Imams
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27. Text & Books of Islam
 Qur'an
 Sunnah
 Hadith
 Fiqh
 Sharia
 Kalam
 Tasawwuf (Sufism)
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28. Places of Worship
 Mosques
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29. Major branches
 Sunni
 Shi'a
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30. Muslims
 About 1.1 to 1.8 Billion
 2nd Largest Religion in World
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31. Largest Populations
1. Indonesia (183 million)
2. Pakistan (134 million)
3. India (121 million)
4. Bangladesh (114 million)
5. Turkey (66 million)
6. Iran (62 million)
7. Egypt (59 million)
8. Nigeria (53 million)
9. Algeria (31 million)
10. Morocco (29 million)
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32. Social Effects of Religion
 Belief Solved problems like
 Economical
 Political
 Moral and etc.
 Benefits in Quite a Variety of Way
 Physical Health
 Punctuality
 Satisfaction
 Charity
 Unity
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33. Comparison of Origin and History
Islam Judaism Christianity
Date founded 622 AD Unknown 33 BC
Place founded Saudi Arabia Palestine Palestine
Prophets Muhammad (SAW) Moses or Abraham Jesus
Original language(s) Arabic Hebrew Aramaic, Greek
Early expansion Within 12 years, Little expansion; Within 60 years,
entire Arabian mostly confined to churches
peninsula; within Palestine Major cities in
100 years, Muslim Palestine, turkey,
world stretched Greece and Rome
from the Atlantic to (map); entire roman
china empire by end of 4th
cent.
major splits Shia/Sunni, c. 650 Reform/Orthodox, Catholic/Orthodox,
BC 1800s BC 1054 BC;
Catholic/Protestant,
1500s BC
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34. Comparison of Religious
Beliefs
Islam Judaism Christianity
Type of theism Strict Strict monotheism Trinitarian
monotheism monotheism
Ultimate reality One God One God One God
Names of God Allah (Arabic for Yahweh, Elohim Yahweh, the holy
God) trinity
Other spiritual Angels, demons, Angels and Angels and
beings jinn demons demons
Revered humans Prophets, imams Prophets Saints, church
fathers
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35. Comparison of Religious
Beliefs
Islam Judaism Christianity
Identity of Jesus True prophet of False prophet Son of God, God
God, whose incarnate, savior of
message has been the world
corrupted
Birth of Jesus Virgin birth Normal birth Virgin birth
Death of Jesus Did not die, but Death by crucifixion Death by crucifixion
ascended into
heaven during
crucifixion
Resurrection of Denied Denied Affirmed
Jesus
Second coming of Affirmed Denied Denied
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36. Comparison of Religious
Beliefs
Islam Judaism Christianity
Divine revelation Through Through prophets, Through prophets
Muhammad, recorded in bible and Jesus (as god
recorded in Qur'an himself), recorded in
bible
View of sacred text Inspired, literal Views vary Inspired, some
word of god, believe inerrant in
inerrant in original original languages
languages
Human nature Equal ability to do Two equal impulses, "Original sin"
good or evil one good and one inherited from adam
bad - tendency towards
evil
God's role in Predestination Divine revelation Predestination,
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37. Comparison of Religious
Beliefs
Islam Judaism Christianity
Good afterlife Eternal paradise Views vary: either Eternal heaven
heaven or no
afterlife
Bad afterlife Eternal hell Views vary: either Eternal hell,
eternal gehenna, temporary purgatory
reincarnation, or no (catholicism)
afterlife
View of fellow Jews and Islam and Judaism is a true
abrahamic religions christians are christianity are false religion, but with
respected as interpretations and incomplete
"people of the extensions of revelation. Islam is a
book," but they judaism. false religion.
have wrong beliefs
and only partial
revelation.
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38. Comparison of Statistics and
Basics Islam Judaism Christianity
adherents called Muslims Jews Christians
major Middle East, Israel, Europe, Europe, North and
concentration Southeast Asia USA South America,
rapid growth in
Africa
sacred text Qur'an (Koran) Bible (Torah) Bible (Jewish
Bible + New
Testament)
other written Hadith Talmud, Midrash, Talmud, Midrash,
authority Responsa Responsa church
fathers, church
councils, papal
decrees (Catholic
only)
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39. Comparison of Statistics and
Basics
Islam Judaism Christianity
Religious law Sharia Halakhah Canon law
Clergy Imams Rabbis Priests, ministers,
pastors, bishops
House of worship Mosque Synagogue Church, chapel,
cathedral
Main day of Friday Saturday Sunday
worship
Religion and state Integrated Separate Separate
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40. Why Differences ?
 Don’twon’t to reject their ancestors
Teachings
 No Practice of Teaching
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41. References
 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/islam
 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/christianity
 www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/judaism
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42. Thank you