Christianity And Islam

In the modern world, there are hundreds of different religions and people follow all the different religions. Two of the major religions that dominate the world are Christianity and Islam. Christianity has 33.39 percent of the population declaring itself such, while 23 percent of the population declare themselves as Islamic (Johnson). There are three religions that begin a monotheistic faith meaning that they believe in one God. These religions are Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Islam and Judaism are in constant turmoil in the Middle East, but throughout the world Christians and Muslims believe they have the most differences between the religions. These two do not have that many differences though. These two religions have similarities
The word that Mohammad recited from Gabriel is what makes up the sacred text for Islam and makes up the Qur’an or Koran, which is the Islamic sacred text. Christianity has a very different sacred text, which is the Bible. This is a sacred text that is made up of the Old testament, which is very similar to most “Abraham” based religions, i.e. Islam and Judaism. However, the Bible has the New Testaments which has all of the teachings from Jesus. Unlike the Qur’an, which has not changed much over the years, the Bible is vastly different from the original version that was around centuries ago. It is believed that are upwards of 40 missing books from the New Testament. The Bible can also have slight variations depending on which sector of Christianity the Bible comes from. Both of these religions have a sacred text that are available to the followers of the
Christianity has churches and Islam has a mosque. Both of these religions started in the Middle East, near Jerusalem. However, this is where the similarities end in terms of their holy sites, celebration, and rites. In Christianity, most of Jesus’s life took place in modern Palestine. His birth took place in a stable in Bethlehem and his crucifixion took place in Jerusalem. After Catholicism took off as a new and major part of Christianity, Rome, where Vatican City is located, become a holy city because the Pope is there. In Islam, there are three chief holy sites for these religion. One is Mecca, which was home of the Prophet Mohammad. Medina, which is the city that the all the Muslims had to flee to when persecuted. Finally, Dome of the Rock where Mohammad went to heaven and the Islamic followers built about that sacred rock he rose from. All of these cities were within close