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Differences Between Judaism And Judaism

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“These are the themes in life which are consistent in Judaism, Islam- of being grounded in who you are and being engaged in an unjust world” Cory Booker. Judaism and Islam are just two of the major religions practiced around the world. Islam is a more popular religion compared to Judaism because they have a greater following. Also, they were both founded in the Middle East as well as during similar time periods. Judaism teaches the relation of God and Abraham the struggles and multiple takeover and liberation of their people throughout the years. Judaism and their followers follow the Torah as their scripture. Islam, on the other hand, deals with the prophet Muhammad and him carrying out the word of God and building of the Ka’ba. They follow the Qur’an as their scripture which details many stories of Muhammad and is backward chronologically. These two religions have some similar qualities and well as many differences. In this paper, it will be focused on the comparison of how each religion views death and dying. Islam and Judaism have similar and different views when it comes to their respective view of death, burial rituals, and mourning.
These religions have opposing views when it comes to their feeling of death. Muslims see death as a natural course of life and spend their whole life preparing for death. “The topic of death and dying is of major importance because it is closely related to the issue of forgiveness and salvation” (Schirrmacher). When a Muslim dies they

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