Many people consider the split between the Shiites and Sunni similar to the split between Protestants and Catholics. Both events played big roles in the forming of our world as it is today‚ showing us the pros and cons of those situations. A similar occurrence could very well happen in the future. The split between the Sunnis and Shiites occurred in year 632 after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. What the difference was between the Sunni and Shiite people was who they wanted to follow up Muhammad
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Jennifer Bernich March 31‚ 2017 CSRL-2931 Prof. Lane What are the similarities and differences between Sunni‚ Shi’ite‚ and Sufi Islam? Islam is one of the world’s largest monotheistic religions. It is characterized by a belief in the prophet Muhammad and one God‚ Allah. Like Christianity and Judaism‚ the other large world religions‚ Islam has suffered splintering among the faithful into different branches despite its teachings of inclusiveness. The conflict dates back to the death of the prophet
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Sunni and Shia The Sunni and Shia are two sects that are derived from the Islam religion. The major difference between the two and the reason that both do not necessarily get along is the true successor of the Prophet Muhammad. As stated in the textbook‚ “The Shia sect originated as a party supporting the appointment of Ali-a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad-and his descendants as caliphs” (Bentley‚ 212). A caliph is a spiritual leader of Islam or a ruler of the Baghdad‚ claiming to be the successor
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Christianity Vs Islam What you may not know about the both In the united states Christianity is more profound than Islam is‚ but most people associate Islam with terrorism‚ and that could be the furthest thing from the truth. Here are a few things about Christianity and Islam that most may not know. There are those who question whether Jesus Christ pretty much founded Christianity or was it was it Paul? Did he invent Christianity as we know it‚ transforming the beliefs and vocation of Jesus of
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Racism can be defined in different ways‚ but everyone agrees that racism is shown feeling person towards someone or a certain class of people based on ethnicity or religious or ethnic sentiment is often accompanied by hate or animosity. And can extend that even further to treat or actions of racist‚ as the use of violence or coercion or deprivation of the right. Racism is the worst idea produced the worst human doctrine believed throughout history. However it is still ingrained in the consciousness
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Christianity vs. Islam When it comes to comparing both cultural religions Islam and Christianity they both contrast in many things. Religion is one topic and the culture is another one. They both have majorly different viewpoints of theology and ideology. Although‚ Christianity and Islam are both religion they different in theology and ideology. Christianity theology comes from two Greek words meaning “God” and “word” combined. Theology means the “study of God”‚ and study of what the bible
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Islam VS The West Westerners tend to think of Islamic societies as backward- looking‚ oppressed by religion‚ and inhumanely governed‚ comparing them to their own enlightened‚ secular democracies. But measurement of the cultural distance between the West and Islam is a complex undertaking‚ and that distance is narrower than they assume. Islam is not just a religion‚ and certainly not just a fundamentalist political movement. When people think of Islam they think of all the crazy beliefs and a religion
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There are hundreds of religions throughout the world but the two most examined seem to be Christianity and Islam. These two religions have been brought into the spotlight throughout the years but more recently so with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. People speculate on rumors of each religion but how much do we actually know? Unless you are a religious scholar‚ odds are you do not know any more than what the internet and television tell you. Each religion has its own view on creation‚ the end times
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Sikhism and islam are two of the largest religions in the world. They both have are similar but also have lots of differences. Sikhism is the right way to live life with God‚ while Islam is the perfect way to live life with god but with some strict rules. Similarities: Some of the things that these two religions have in common are‚ they both are monotheism‚ both think that all religions are equal‚ and both have an place to worship. These religions belief of god is that their is only one God.
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Christianity vs. Islam Two of the largest religions in the world today didn’t just get this way overnight. Both these religions emerged throughout time and spread in various ways. Christianity existed several centuries prior to the birth of Islam‚ and by the time Muhammad founded Islam in the Middle East‚ Christianity had moved its center to Europe‚ where it had firmly established itself as the official religion. But Christianity originally sprouted in the Middle East after Christ’s resurrection
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