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The Controversy: Similarities Between Islam And Hinduism

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Every religion in the world holds beauty and mysteries. It gives the worshiper the confidence they need to make it through the toughest of days. My catholic faith has guided me, healed me and opened my heart to the world. However, my faith differs from those of my friends and I believe world religions are very crucial to free us from ignorance. The two religions I feel I am most ignorant to are Islam and Hinduism, therefore it is those to religions I find the most interesting as they pose a new outlook on faith to me.
Firstly I am most interested in the Islamic religion. My interest spurs from the controversy that takes place concern this religion and terrorist attacks on the news. Therefore I realized it was essential for me to learn more so I am educated on this misunderstood religion. I learned through research that Islam is the second largest religion and it is rapidly growing. Right now this religion harbers 1.6 billion …show more content…

In my ignorance I had previously made the assumption that this religion and Buddhism were essentially the same. Through my research I have righted my misconceptions and discovered a deep respect for Hinduism, our oldest oldest religion. I learned that the reason I noticed parallels between Hinduism and Buddhism is because Buddhism stems from Hinduism. I also found it meraculous that this religoin does not really have one true founder, as everyother religion I know has a very distinct founder. I also loved how Hinduism preaches individual health and mental well being because I believe that is problem our society must account for as there are more cases of depression than ever before. Finally I enjoyed learning about the immense respect for animals that this religion has, this is important to me as I am an animal rights advocate as well as a vegetarian. Although my beliefs differ from that of someone of Hindu faith I can understand their mutual respect for animals and the plentiful

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