Difference Between Judaism and Islam
Difference Between Judaism and Islam All About Islam Could you explain the difference between Islam and Judaism as you did about Christianity ? The way you outlined the differences was very clear. It appears to me that Islam tries to be more like Judaism. ___________________________________ Islam, like Christianity, accepts the Jewish Bible and is based largely upon Jewish ideas and traditions. The philosophical underpinnings of Islam, however, are more closely aligned with those of Judaism. Whereas Christianity incorporates the idea of the “trinity,” Islam believes in one all-powerful, infinite God. Mohammed, the founder of Islam, based many of his beliefs on the practices of local Jewish population in his native Mecca. For example, the Moslem practices of not eating pig, circumcision, daily prayer and fasting during the first month of the year were all culled directly from Judaism. Since Islam was so similar to Judaism, Mohammed assumed the Jews would immediately accept this new