How is Islam like Chrisitanity and Judaism?

Answer 1

Dear searcher,

Islam, Judaism and Christianity are extremely similar, much more than you would think. They are all Abrahamic and monotheistic faiths.

I am a Muslim. In Islam, we believe that our religion encompasses Judaism and perhaps, a majority of the religion of Christianity We believe that the finalisation of Islam came to us in three stages, Judaism, then Christianity and finally, Islam, revealed through countless prophets (only twenty five of which are mentioned in the Qur'an). The reason for this is as follows:

We believe that Judaism was given to us from God. But the believers of Judaism were led astray by their arrogant and boastful ways; they deliberately disobeyed God's commands. For example, God asks us to cover our hair as women, but Jewish people resort to wearing a wig. This defeats the purpose but they do it to suit their own desires. Also, though Judaism is not necessarily known for it, we believe Jewish people, in the early ages, reformed their faith. So did Christians. Both religions changed the words of the Holy Books, and so God made a final, and forever preserved, religion and book.

Christians, Muslims and Jewish people follow the same basic beliefs: that there is one God, that all humans should be treated well, e.t.c.

Answer 2

In reality, there actually is no similarity to best describe the Judeo-Christian beliefs of God to the Muslim Islamic belief.

Judaism and Christianity have the Old Testament in common. Islam believes both OT and NT have been partially corrupted in transmission while the Koran is believed by Muslims to be the final and infallible revelation of God's will.

Though Muslims believe in God which they call Allah, Islam teaches that Allah is all-powerful, sovereign and 'unknowable' while Judaism and Christianity both teach the Creator God to be revealed as merciful, compassionate and knowable (see Jeremiah 9:24 and John 17:3).

The Christian text teaches the God of the Old Testament was the Word and it was He who Abraham and the other patriarchs and prophets worshiped. Islam teaches the Word, aka Jesus 'as one of perhaps 124,000 messengers of prophets Allah has sent and is one of the 25 listed in the Koran - but He is not the redeemer' (Marvin Olasky, "Islam vs. Liberty," World, Sept 10, 2011).

All in all, there are more differences and conflicts between the Judeo-Christian texts and the Muslim text, as well as the Koranic conflicts with secular history.