Christianity Vs. Islam

Christianity and Islam are both two of the worlds largest religions. one of the main religions that are involved in this world. Christianity and Islam have both left a big impact on the world and on history. Christianity and islam share many common similarities in religious beliefs and values and also many differences. In this essay I will be using Ninian Smart’s key dimensions of religion to examine the differences and similarities that christianity and islam have between the two. There many key things alike regarding the religions christianity and islam.

The three key dimensions I have chose to write about in this essay comparing and constrasting islam and christinaity are following dimesions, the ehical and legal, the social and instituional

Islam and christinaity are both religions that belief in one god. The two fundemental religions Islam and Christinaity have two seperate rulings of ethics and morals, the religion Islam commands true believers to follow the pillars of Islam that were derieved from the islamic prophet Mohammad, whilst christians believe in the rulings of the ten commandments which were given by moses. Muslims usually follow the pillars of the islamic religion and also usually follow the islamic sharia law. Sharia law is a guidance of the way Muslims should live there lifes and how crimes are to be dealt with in an islamic manner, There are eleven different categories of the Islamic sharia law, these include law, purification, prayer, taxes, trade, inheritance, pilgrimage, fasting, funeral prayer, marriage and divorce and justice. Crimes in islam are usually dealt by Sharia law with punishments, these crimes include unlawful sex, false accusations of unlawful sex, consumption of alchohol, theft and robbery, punishments for these crimes include flogging, execution, stoning and amputation, these punishments are usually carried out in public areas. These rulings are a fundemental asset to the morals and ethics of Christinaity and

In Islam Islamic people will go to a Mosque and pray to show there faith in god. In christinaty Christans go to a church to pray to there god. Going to the church or the Mosque is a very big fundemental aspect in showing your faith to god, there is also a major important event in Christinanity and islam is the two religions religious events Easter and Ramadan. In these religious events christans and muslims fast Christians will fast for 40 days and muslims will fast for a month. The point of fasting in an islamic view point is to learn to sacrifice and give and it shows you how the poor and needy live whilst Christinanitys point of view is that you sacrifice something that you would want such as your phone, luxury products and other things of that