Christianity vs. Islam

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Christianity vs. Islam

• Presented by
• Laura Girolamo, Jordan Gross, Craig Ford, Corey
  Enberg

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Introduction

• Religion is one of the most controversial topics
  in our world today. The idea of a higher power is
  one of the greatest and one of the deadliest
  concepts in our world.
• The problem is that people use religion as a
  weapon. People use it as a weapon of warfare is
  verbally or physically.
• If one looks into the history books one will see
  that the majority of the wars that have been
  fought have been over religion. Look, even to the
  current terrorist situation where religion is at
  the core.
• If people would search the core of their religion
  they would see that these huge divisions we
  create between people are actually opposite of
  what religion is about.

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Islam

• Islam represents one fifth of the worlds
  population. Right around one billion people are
  Muslim.
• Islam is the name of the faith and Muslims are
  the people who believe in Islam.
• Islam has the lowest converted rate and the
  highest converting rate. Islam is the fastest
  growing religion and if current trends continue
  it will become the worlds largest religion
  sometime around the mid 21st century.
• Muslims believe in One, Unique, Incomparable God
  who was created by the angels.
• The word Islam means submission

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Islam (continued)

• The written beliefs of Muslims are written down
  in the Quran. The Quran is a written down
  record of the last words that God revealed to
  Muhammad.
• The Quran is the prime source of every Muslims
  faith and practices. It provides guidelines for
  humanity and its basic theme is the relationship
  between God and his creatures.

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Islam (continued)

• Islam has 5 pillars of faith
• These pillars are the framework of the Muslim
  life.
• The first pillar is Faith
• The belief that there is no God worthy of worship
  except God and that Muhammad is his messenger.
• The second is Prayer
• Muslims are to pray 5 times a day.
• These prayers are called Salat.
• Prayers are said at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon,
  sunset, and nightfall.

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Islam (continued)

• The third pillar is the Zakat
• The word means purification and growth.
• The concept is that everything belongs to God and
  wealth is given to human beings in trust.
• The fourth is the Fast
• Every year during the month of Ramadan Muslims
  fast from light until sundown.
• They withstand from food, drink, and sexual
  relations.
• The final pillar is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or
  the Hajj)
• It is required for those who are physically and
  financially able to make the journey.

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Islam (continued)

• Jesus regards him as a great prophet but in the
  end they believe that Gods final message to the
  world was revealed to Muhammad.
• The family is the most important part and the
  center of Muslim society.
• Muslims are also taught that there are three
  things that can help a person after death.
• They are charity which he had given, knowledge
  which he taught, and prayers on their behalf by
  those living.

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Christianity

• Christianity is the largest religion in the world
  today.
• One out of three humans worldwide identify
  themselves as a Christian.
• It is about 33 percent of all people worldwide.
• It has given people hope for life after death.
• It started some 2000 years ago in Israel with
  Jesus Christ and his disciples.
• Jesus Christ lived, loved, and taught among
  humanity.

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Christianity

• The history of the church can be rather complex
  or complicated. It is very beneficiary to
  understand the church.
• Here is a simple chronology of church history
• (70-312 AD) The Age of Christianity
• (312-590) The Age of the Christian Empire
• (590-1517) The Middle Ages
• (1517-1648) The Age of Reformation
• (1648-1789) The Age of Reason and Revival
• (1789-1914) The Age of Progress
• (1914-current) The Age of Ideologies.
• After seeing this simple chronology, one should
  be able to better understand the Christian church
  history.

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Christianity

• The basic building block in society is the
  family.
• Families are being formed everyday.
• Many Christian denominations look upon marriage
  as being ordained by God.
• It is patterned after Gods creation of the first
  couple, Adam and Eve.

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Research Method

• For our project we used the qualitative method of
  research.
• We learned a lot about both of the worlds major
  religions.
• For Muslims the holy book is the Quran (which is
  supposed to be read in Arabic), and they are
  expected to pray five times a day.
• Before you pray you must wash yourself in a
  ritualistic fashion.
• The Muslim holy places or Mosques lend themselves
  to this by making them so big it makes the person
  feel so small.
• The holy book for Christians is the Holy Bible.
• Christians are expected to go to church on
  Sundays for one hour.
• Christianity revolves around Jesus who Christians
  believe is the son of God.

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Research Method

• Christians believe in God, that Jesus is the son
  of God, and that Jesus is the best example on a
  human living.
• Muslims also believe in a God but they believe
  that the last message to mankind was revealed
  through Mohammad.
• Muslims respect Jesus greatly as a prophet
  however, they put Mohammad on a higher pedestal
  because they believe that Gods plans were
  revealed through Mohammad.
• It is hard to believe that these few differences
  caused some of the bloodiest wars known to human
  kind.
• Even now days with the war on terrorism is partly
  revolved around religion. Religion can be a
  great thing but taken too seriously it can be the
  most violent thing in human existence.

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Conclusion

• Christianity and Islam are very much the same
  but have some differences. The differences are
  equivalent to one another. For example,
  Christianity uses the bible and Islam uses the
  Quran. One thing that all people need to do is,
  instead of focusing on the differences and hating
  one another for it, we should learn to understand
  one another. One thing that every religion has in
  common is that if it is taken to the extreme, it
  is a very dangerous thing.

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Need to KnowTerms

• These are some words that you need to know to
  help you understand our report.
• Allah means god
• Mohammad The mouthpiece of Islam, an example of
  how a Muslim should lead his or her life.
• Quran The holy book of Islam, is supposed to
  be read in its original language Arabic.
• Mecca The center of Islam, where Muslims take
  pilgrimages to. It is located in Saudi Arabia.
• Mosque Islam place of worship, the equivalent
  of a church. They are really big to promote the
  submission to Allah.
• God Creator of all life on Earth
• Jesus The son of God. He died to relieve all
  sins of humans.
• Church Holy place for Christianity. Expected
  to go for one hour of worship on Sundays.
• Bible Christianity holy book. There are two
  testaments the Old Testament and the New
  Testament.

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Questions For Discussion

• Do you feel that your opinion of Islam has
  changed since 9-11? Do you feel that Islam is a
  religion of violence?
• Is it right to go to war over religion?
• Is religion the reason there is so much suffering
  going on in the world?