How are Jews and muslims related?

Answer 1

Absolutely. Jews and Muslims are both strictly monotheistic-- they both believe in one God only (Muslims call God "Allah" but that is simply the Arabic word for God). Both religions do not make pictures or statues of the deity, nor do they believe God ever took a human body. Both religions believe in dietary laws-- Jews call theirs Kashruth (Kosher laws) while Muslims call theirs Hallal, but in both cases, observant members do not eat bacon, ham or pork.

Both religions have fast days, and both religions believe in prayer, as well as giving charity. Both religions also show great respect for their prophets (although Muhammad holds a more central role in Islam and Muslims believe he is the last and greates prophet, Muslims also respect some figures from the Hebrew Bible, notably Moses and Abraham.) And neither Jews nor Muslims believe the prophets were the same as God-- contrary to myth, Muslims do not pray to Muhammad, and although Jews hold Moses in especially high regard, they do not direct their worship to him in any way.

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Answer 2

Yes, Family-wise Jews desend from Isaac, and Muslims from Ishmael. Those two men are half brothers, Abraham is their father. This accounts for the many similarities between the two religions at the core beliefs.

Answer 3

They believe Jesus was a prophet and not the son of God

Actually a lot more than most believe. It is forbidden to eat the meat of the pig, all of the same prophets besides Jesus (Essa), and for (traditional Judiasm) a woman should cover her arms, legs, and hair.

Answer 4

Other than their shared nature as human beings, no. No...two separate religions.

Another view

They are the same in believing in one and same God with no partner, no son, no companion, and no associate; same God that prophet Abraham called for worship. They are same in that both believe in prophet Moses (Musa in Arabic) as God prophet and in Torah as God holy book.

Answer 5

In terms of the way the religions function, Judaism and Islam are very similar and share a large amount of doctrines in common. However, due to the Middle East conflict, by and large, Jews and Muslims, as communities, are distrustful and oftentimes hateful of one another.

Answer 6

Not all Muslims are Arabs. Non-Arab Muslims are not related to Jews. Arabs, whether Muslim or not, are descended from Abraham just as Jews are, which is why Arabs are called "our cousins" in Jewish Torah-commentaries. But after the initial connection, Jews (Israelites) and Arabs have been distict peoples with separate languages and religions. Jews are descended from Isaac (son of Abraham), while Arabs are descended from Ishmael (son of Abraham). See Genesis ch.16, 17 and 21.

Answer 7

No. They are the followers of two separate and quite different religions, Judaism and Islam.