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Religion : The Causes And Differences Of Islam And Islam

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Introduction
Religion is among the greatest phenomena that ever occurred to human beings. The extent to which people are involved in religions can be shown by the willingness to take or give life for the sake of religion. In Christianity, those who die for the faith are called the martyrs and it is believed that God has prepared a special place for them in heaven. Islamism also holds in high esteem, the willingness to give life or take life for the sake of religion. There are about 1,000 religions across the world and all have very strong influence over their followers (Hinnells 123). The main religions that are known across the world include Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, Confucianism, Hinduism, Jainism and Shinto. The number of followers can determine the strength or the amount of influence that a religion has over its believers. Christianity is believed to be the largest religion with about 2.2 billion adherents while Islam comes second with 1.6 billion followers (McKim 23). Both Islam and Christianity accounts for over 54% of the world’s population. The purpose of this paper is to discuss differences and similarities across religions.

Literature Review
What is religion and what does it entail? Religion, according to Foerst, is the belief in spiritual or supernatural being. However, Shariati argues on page 5 that this definition may be limiting because some people may not necessarily believe in supernatural or spiritual beings but still

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