Christianity and Islam, are they really that different?

You have to admit, whenever you read such title “Christianity and Islam” you predict that the article would be comparing between the two religions, telling you which one is better, and what are the differences, and how wrong is Islam, or how wrong is Christianity. As if it is some kind of competition. Well, I am glad to tell you that this is not that kind of article. I will not tell you to leave Islam and join Christianity because Islam is so and so, and I will not tell you to leave Christianity and join Islam because Christianity is so and so.

I am totally against such comparisons, I see a lot of programs on T.V whether Islamic channels or Christian Channels, they devote their time to prove how the other religion is wrong instead of focusing on their own religion. In order to prove that you are right, you don’t have to prove others wrong, all you need to do is practice your religion in a way that would make people notice how good it is, if it is their will to come to your religion, so be it, if they don’t want, then it is up to them. Would Islam or Christianity become greater if people join them? Of course not, these religions are great without anyone joining or switching to them, they are both the word of god. All you have to do to serve your religion, practice it as your book tells you, preach how great it is, only then, you will be serving your religion, not by attacking other people’s religions and religious beliefs.

So, I have decided instead of building walls by showing the differences, I would build bridges and show similarities between Christianity and Islam, and this is what we all should do. Differences keep us far from each other, similarities brings us together. For instance, if you watch the news about the Middle East, then you must have seen Muslims screaming the word “Allah”, some people actually think that Allah is the Muslim God, while in fact, “Allah” is simply the Arabic translation of God, they are praying to God, but in their language it is “Allah”. Did you know that as a western Christian, you pray to Allah as well, in the Holy Bible, God is translated “Allah” because they are both the same meaning.

Another thing, both religions are religions of peace, whatever extremists do, it is their own doing, they are not following the Holy Qur’an or the Holy Bible, they only take it to gain power and use it as a cover for their actions. Don’t you think for a moment that any of God’s Holy books would tell someone to kill an innocent man, or molest a young boy, this is not God’s words, this is our own doing. We need to know the difference between two things, the word of God and what humans do; it’s our human nature that does these evil things in the name of God.

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