Holy War: The Story Of Christianity Vs. Islam

Since the beginning of recorded time, different factions have waged war based on religious beliefs and unfortunately time did not solve these discrepancies. The strife caused by a lack of understanding and lack of acceptance is unfathomable and has ultimately lead to a war that has spanned for over 1400 years. Througout this time, many religious wars or so called crusades have taken place, but none as intense and neverending as the one between Christianity and Islam. This particular holy war is a war of difference and boils down to intolerance on both sides. But, to understand why the war has raged on for so long we have to look at the beginning and analyze the history of Islamic conception. In the Christian bible there is a parable of the story of Abraham and his many sons, most notably two of these sons were Isaac and his brother

In the Christian teachings of the Bible, Abraham decides that he loves Isaac so much that he would sacrifice him to please the Lord, but oddly enough the Islamic Quran teaches that Ishmael was the one to be sacrificed. I guess we start to see the struggle between the two just based on the completely different stories taught separately in the same setting. This is not the only part of the story of which the two faiths have conflicting views on what really happened, and understandably so because if it did not happen as they were taught this would shake the whole foundation of their religion to its core. The true believers of Islam will debate the validity of biblical teachings and have a firm, unwavering belief that Ishmael was the true heir of the promised land. On the other hand, Christians believe that Isaac is the true heir to the promised land and thus starts the multi-century argument about whether Islam or Christianity is