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    The Spread of Islam Muhammad‚ an orphaned child born in Mecca around 570 C.E‚ had greatly inspired the Arabs and influenced them to spread the Islamic religion as a “sacred duty”. Many Arabs who converted to the new religion were well respected by Muslims. However‚ there were few who disobeyed the offering to convert. They were either punished or forced to become slaves. “Peoples of the Book” also known as Christians and Jews‚ had the right to practice their faiths‚ but could not spread it. Along

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    Buddhism is a religion with most of its followers based in Asia. Buddha is their leader and they often refer to him as the enlightened one. Christianity is a religion with most of its followers living in the United States and South America. Jesus is their leader and he is often referred to as the Son of God. Both Christianity and Buddhism began around two thousand years ago by one man teaching people his principles and beliefs. Buddha taught that in order to achieve nirvana a person must do good

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    How does the war in Christianity and Buddhism in today’s age compare to the original teachings in its early stages? Religion is a set of beliefs of which concern the cause‚ nature‚ and purpose of the world. Especially when it is a particular religion. These religions usually involve devotional and ritual observances‚ and they often contain a moral code which each person must follow. Religion provides many things to different people‚ for many it can represent hope and for others it is a symbol of

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    are the messenger of God." According to Islamic tradition‚ at first MUhammad feared that he might be going mad. But Khadijah consoled Muhammad and expressed her faith that God had chosen him as a prophet to spread his words to the people. Khadijah became the first convert to Islam. Islam is based on monotheism‚ or the belief in a singleGod. This God‚ Muhammad taught‚ was the same God of Abraham‚ Moses‚ and jesus. Through Gabriel‚ God told Muhammad to teach other to practice compassion‚ honesty

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    Sela Carrington A3 3/25/14 The Rise and Rapid Spread of Islam 1. How does each account portray the enemy? The Islam account portrays their enemies as the fugitive enemy and the “unbelievers.” They pursued the fugitive enemy and killed any man who got in their way. Their enemies were referred to as a fierce fighting force. The Christian account portrays their enemies as people who were going to come into their land‚ and conquer them and everyone else who lived on it. The enemies were fierce

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    Buddhism and Christianity: Worldviews Compared Even though Buddhism has similar beliefs to Christianity when it pertains to morals‚ the vast majority of beliefs between the two religions are different. Buddhism was created out of the dissatisfaction with Hinduism (Caner & Hindson‚ 2008). Buddhism also divided into 2 main branches called Mahayana and Theravada. Buddism continues to change while Christianity is constant‚ reliable and has the Bible as proof. Buddhism Creation View Buddhism was born

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    Catholic Christianity versus Islam November 30‚ 2007 Catholicism has been around for along time although it has evolved over the years. Some Catholics are more liberal and accepting of new beliefs while others remain true to the original doctrines. The Roman Catholic Church traces its history to Jesus Christ and the Apostles‚ (Roman Catholicism‚ 2007). The Roman Catholic’s are the largest group under Christianity in the world. Some of the customs of the Roman Catholic Church came from Doctrines

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    A Comparison Of Judaism‚ Islam‚ & Christianity Religion has and always will be one of the major forces that drives and has constantly shaped our world. Throughout the centuries wars have been fought‚ laws have been created‚ countries and towns have been built and demolished all to protect or to make known a religion. In this paper I will examine the characteristics of the three major Western religions of the world including Judaism‚ Islam‚ and Christianity. The origin of all three religions

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    1. Origin - Buddhists do not believe in a divine entity; therefore‚ their teaching on the origin of man greatly differs from that of Christianity. Buddhists seem to take a more philosophical view when it comes to explaining that man was a product of millions of years of evolution. In contrast‚ the origin of life according to a Biblical worldview centers on the creation of the heaven‚ earth‚ and all organisms by creator God (Gen 1:1). 2. Identity – The Christian worldview expresses what is stated

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    Intro Christianity and Islam both developed in the same geographic place. They developed in west Asia. They were both able to create traditions from these regions especially from the Jewish people. Christianity was the first to be developed. It was inspired by the life and death of a prophet named Jesus. According to Christian belief his death and resurrection became a mythic center of the religion. This was then symbolized as eternal life. Years later the Muslim religion was created by the prophet

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