•CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN

MOST PEOPLE KNOW — THEY ARE BOTH MONOTHEISTIC

ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS, AND JESUS CHRIST IS AN
IMPORTANT, REVERED FIGURE IN BOTH RELIGIONS.
•FOLLOWERS OF CHRISTIANITY — CALLED CHRISTIANS —
BELIEVE IN THE HOLY TRINITY, AND THAT CHRIST, THE SON
OF GOD, WALKED THE EARTH AS THE INCARNATE FORM OF
GOD ("THE FATHER"). MOST CHRISTIANS ALSO BELIEVE
CHRIST WILL RETURN AT THE END OF THE WORLD.
•MUSLIMS (FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM) CONSIDER JESUS CHRIST TO
BE A PROPHET — A MESSENGER OF GOD — AND A MESSIAH.
HOWEVER, THEY BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMAD WAS THE LAST
PROPHET AND HE RECORDED THE WORD OF GOD VERBATIM IN
THE QURAN.
COMPARISON CHART
CHRISTIANITY ISLAM
PLACE OF WORSHIP
•CHURCH, CHAPEL, •MOSQUE/MASJID, ANY
CATHEDRAL, BASILICA, PLACE WHICH IS
HOME BIBLE STUDY, CONSIDERED CLEAN BY
PERSONAL DWELLINGS. ISLAMIC STANDARDS.
PLACE OF ORIGIN
•ROMAN PROVINCE OF •ARABIAN PENINSULA,
JUDEA. MECCA AT MOUNT HIRA.
PRACTICES
•PRAYER, SACRAMENTS (SOME • FIVE PILLARS: TESTAMENT THAT
BRANCHES), WORSHIP IN THERE IS ONE GOD AND
MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER
CHURCH, READING OF THE
(SHAHADAH); PRAYER FIVE TIMES
BIBLE, ACTS OF CHARITY,
DAILY; FAST DURING RAMADAN;
COMMUNION. CHARITY TO THE POOR (ZAKAT);
PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ).
USE OF STATUES AND PICTURES

• IN CATHOLIC & ORTHODOX • IMAGES OF GOD OR PROPHETS NOT

CHURCHES. PERMITTED. ART TAKES THE FORM OF
CALLIGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURE ETC.
MUSLIMS DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES
FROM OTHER GROUPS BY NOT DRAWING
LIFELIKE HUMAN WORKS, WHICH COULD
BE MISTAKEN AS IDOLATRY. NO IMAGE IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD
LIFE AFTER DEATH
•ETERNITY IN HEAVEN OR HELL, • ALL BEINGS CREATED WITH
IN SOME CASES TEMPORAL
PURGATORY.
REASON WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE TO
GOD ALMIGHTY ON THE DAY OF
JUDGEMENT. THEY WILL BE
REWARDED FOR EVERY ATOM'S
WEIGHT OF GOOD, AND EITHER
FORGIVEN OR PUNISHED FOR EVIL
DEEDS.
BELIEF OF GOD
• ONE GOD: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. THE • ONLY ONE GOD (MONOTHEISM). GOD IS THE ONE
TRINITY. TRUE CREATOR. GOD HAS ALWAYS EXISTED, NONE
EXISTED BEFORE HIM AND WILL EXIST FOREVER.
HE TRANSCENDS LIFE AND DEATH. NO PART OF
HIS CREATION RESEMBLES HIM, HE CANNOT BE
SEEN, BUT SEES ALL.
FOUNDER

• THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. • PROPHET MUHAMMAD. ACCORDING TO

ISLAMIC SCRIPTURE, ALL PEOPLE WHO
FOLLOW GOD'S REVEALED GUIDANCE
AND THE MESSENGERS SENT WITH IT
'SUBMIT' TO THAT GUIDANCE, AND ARE
CONSIDERED MUSLIMS (IE. ADAM,
MOSES, ABRAHAM, JESUS, ETC.).
CLERGY

•PRIESTS, BISHOPS, •IMAM LEADS

MINISTERS, MONKS, AND CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER IN
NUNS. A MOSQUE. SHEIKH, MAULANA,
MULLAH AND MUFTI
HUMAN NATURE
• MAN HAS INHERITED "ORIGINAL SIN" • HUMANS ARE BORN PURE AND
FROM ADAM. MANKIND THEN IS INNOCENT. UPON REACHING
INHERENTLY EVIL AND IS IN NEED OF ADOLESCENCE, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FORGIVENESS OF SIN. BY KNOWING FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND MUST CHOOSE
RIGHT AND WRONG CHRISTIANS RIGHT FROM WRONG. ISLAM ALSO
CHOOSE THEIR ACTIONS. HUMANS ARE A TEACHES THAT FAITH AND ACTION GO
FALLEN, BROKEN RACE IN NEED OF HAND-IN-HAND.
SALVATION AND REPAIR BY GOD.
SCRIPTURES

•THE HOLY BIBLE • THE QUR'AN, AND TRADITIONS OF

THE HOLY LAST MESSENGER
MUHAMMAD, CALLED 'SUNNAH'
WHICH IS FOUND IN NARRATIONS
OR 'HADITHS' BY THE MEN AROUND
HIM.
MEANS OF SALVATION

•THROUGH CHRIST'S PASSION, • BELIEF IN ONE GOD,

DEATH, AND RESURRECTION. REMEMBRANCE OF GOD,
REPENTANCE, FEAR OF GOD AND
HOPE IN GOD'S MERCY.
GOAL OF RELIGION
• TO LOVE GOD AND OBEY HIS
COMMANDMENTS WHILE CREATING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST AND
SPREADING THE GOSPEL SO THAT
OTHERS MAY ALSO BE SAVED.
• FULFILLGIFT AND RESPONSIBILITY OF
THIS LIFE THROUGH FOLLOWING THE
GUIDANCE OF HOLY QURAN AND HADITH,
STRIVING TO SERVE MANKIND THROUGH
COMPASSION, JUSTICE,
TRUSTWORTHINESS, AND LOVE FOR ALL
OF GOD'S CREATION
LITERAL MEANING

• FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. • ISLAM IS DERIVED FROM THE ARABIC

ROOT "SALEMA": PEACE, PURITY,
SUBMISSION AND OBEDIENCE. IN THE
RELIGIOUS SENSE, ISLAM MEANS
SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD AND
OBEDIENCE TO HIS LAW. A MUSLIM IS
ONE WHO FOLLOWS ISLAM.
FOLLOWERS

•CHRISTIAN (FOLLOWERS •MUSLIMS

OF CHRIST)
ABOUT

• CHRISTIANITY BROADLY CONSISTS OF • ISLAM CONSISTS OF INDIVIDUALS

INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE IN THE DEITY WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH, A DEITY
JESUS CHRIST. ITS FOLLOWERS, CALLED
WHOSE TEACHINGS ITS
CHRISTIANS, OFTEN BELIEVE CHRIST IS
"THE SON" OF THE HOLY TRINITY AND
FOLLOWERS—MUSLIMS—
WALKED THE EARTH AS THE INCARNATE BELIEVE WERE RECORDED,
FORM OF GOD ("THE FATHER"). VERBATIM, BY THE GOD'S LAST
PROPHET, MUHAMMAD.
CONFESSING SINS
• PROTESTANTS CONFESS STRAIGHT TO
GOD, CATHOLIC CONFESS MORTAL SINS
TO A PRIEST, AND VENIAL SINS
STRAIGHT TO GOD (ORTHODOX HAVE
SIMILAR PRACTICE) ANGLICANS
CONFESS TO PRIESTS BUT CONSIDERED
OPTIONAL. GOD ALWAYS FORGIVES SINS
IN JESUS.
• FORGIVENESS MUST BE SOUGHT FROM
GOD, THERE IS NO INTERMEDIARY WITH
HIM. IF ANY WRONG IS DONE AGAINST
ANOTHER PERSON OR THING,
FORGIVENESS MUST FIRST BE SOUGHT
FROM THEM, THEN FROM GOD, AS ALL OF
GOD'S CREATION HAVE RIGHTS THAT
MUST NOT BE INFRINGED
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND
PREDOMINANCE
• AS THE LARGEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD,
CHRISTIANITY HAS ADHERENTS ARE ALL OVER
THE WORLD. AS A % OF LOCAL POPULATION,
CHRISTIANS ARE IN A MAJORITY IN EUROPE,
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND AUSTRALIA
AND NEW ZEALAND.
• THERE ARE 1.6 BILLION. BY THE
PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
IN A REGION CONSIDERING THEMSELVES
MUSLIM, 24.8% IN ASIA-OCEANIA, 91.2%
IN THE MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA,
29.6% IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA,
AROUND 6.0% IN EUROPE, AND 0.6% IN
THE AMERICAS.
GOD'S ROLE IN SALVATION

• HUMANS CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES OR • YOU ARE JUDGED ACCORDING TO YOUR

ASCEND ON THEIR OWN TO A HIGHER EFFORTS TO DO GOOD AND AVOID SINFUL
LEVEL. ONLY GOD IS GOOD AND BEHAVIORS, OPPRESSION, ETC. GOD
THEREFORE ONLY GOD IS ABLE TO SAVE A WILL JUDGE YOUR DEEDS AND
PERSON. JESUS CAME DOWN FROM INTENTIONS. A PERSON MUST BELIEVE IN
HEAVEN TO SAVE MANKIND. GOD AND FOLLOW HIS
COMMANDMENTS.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE(S)

•ARAMAIC, GREEK, AND •ARABIC

LATIN.
MARRIAGE

•A HOLY SACRAMENT. • ISLAM IS TOTALLY OPPOSED TO

MONASTICISM AND CELIBACY.
MARRIAGE IS AN ACT OF SUNNAH IN
ISLAM AND IS STRONGLY
RECOMMENDED. MEN CAN ONLY MARRY
THE "PEOPLE OF THE BOOK" I.E.,
ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS. WOMEN CAN
ONLY MARRY A MUSLIM MAN.
BELIEF
• THE NICENE CREED SUMS UP
CHRISTIAN BELIEF IN THE HOLY
TRINITY.
• BELIEFIN ONE GOD, WHO HAS SENT
MESSENGERS WITH REVELATION AND
GUIDANCE FOR HUMANITY SO THEY MAY
BE GUIDED TO GOOD & WHO HAVE CAME
WITH BOTH GOOD NEWS AND A
WARNING, THE LAST & FINAL
MESSENGER BEING MUHAMMAD
STATUS OF MUHAMMAD

•N/A. • DEEPLY LOVED AND REVERED IN ISLAM.

THE LAST PROPHET, BUT IS NOT
WORSHIPPED. ONLY GOD (THE CREATOR)
IS WORSHIPPED IN ISLAM; GOD'S
CREATION (INCLUDING PROPHETS) ARE
NOT CONSIDERED WORTHY OF WORSHIP.
RELIGIOUS LAW
• VARIES AMONG DENOMINATIONS. HAS
EXISTED AMONG CATHOLICS IN THE
FORM OF CANON LAW.
• SHARIAH LAW (DERIVED FROM QURAN
AND HADITH) GOVERNS PRAYERS,
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, AND
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, AS WELL AS
CRIMINAL AND GOVERNMENTAL LAWS.
RELIGIOUS DEBATE, OR 'SHURA' IS
UTILIZED FOR PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
SYMBOLS
• CROSS, ICHTHYS ("JESUS FISH"),
MARY AND BABY JESUS.
• MUHAMMAD'S NAME IN CALLIGRAPHY IS
COMMON. THERE IS ALSO THE BLACK
STANDARD THAT SAYS "THERE IS NO
GOD BUT GOD AND MUHAMMAD IS THE
LAST MESSENGER OF GOD" IN ARABIC.
THE STAR AND CRESCENT IS NOT ISLAM
PER SE; IT IS INSPIRED BY THE OTTOMAN
EMPIRE.
SECOND COMING OF JESUS

•AFFIRMED. •AFFIRMED
PROPHETS

• PROPHETS IN THE BIBLE ARE • GOD SENT THOUSANDS OF DIVINELY

VENERATED. INSPIRED MESSENGERS TO GUIDE
MANKIND. THESE INCLUDE ADAM,
SOLOMON, DAVID, NOAH, ABRAHAM,
ISMAIL, ISSAC, MOSES, JESUS, AND
MUHAMMAD. THERE ARE 124,000
PROPHETS, WHO WERE SENT TO ALL THE
WORLD'S NATIONS.
POPULATION

•OVER TWO BILLION •1.6 BILLION MUSLIMS

ADHERENTS WORLDWIDE.
JESUS
• SON OF GOD. SECOND PERSON OF THE
TRINITY. GOD THE SON.
• MUSLIMS BELIEVE JESUS TO BE A
PERFECT, SINLESS, HIGHLY REVERED
PROPHET AND A MESSENGER OF GOD.
HIS NAME IN ARABIC IS ISA IBN
MARIAM (JESUS THE SON OF MARY).
JESUS WAS IMMACULATELY CONCEIVED
THROUGH GOD, BUT IS NOT GOD OR THE
SON OF GOD.
POSITION OF MARY
• MOTHER OF JESUS. REVERED IN ALL
DENOMINATIONS. DEGREE OF REVERENCE
VARIES FROM DENOMINATION.
• MARY (MARIAM/MIRIAM) RECEIVES
SIGNIFICANT ADMIRATION FROM
MUSLIMS. SHE IS SAID BY THE PROPHET
MUHAMMAD TO BE ONE OF THE FOUR
BEST WOMEN THAT GOD CREATED. SHE
IS FREE OF SIN AS THE MOTHER OF
JESUS.
ABRAHAMIC LINEAGE

• ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. • THE ANCESTOR OF PROPHET

MUHAMMAD ‫صلى هللا عليه وسلم‬IS
ABRAHAM (IBRAHIM) THROUGH HIS
SON ISMAEL.
RESURRECTION OF JESUS

• AFFIRMED. • DENIED BECAUSE GOD RAISED JESUS TO

HIM AND HE WILL RETURN BEFORE END
OF TIME TO FINISH HIS LIFE, CORRECT
ANY CONFUSION ABOUT HIS TEACHINGS
AND RESTORE ORDER TO THE WORLD.
IMAMS IDENTIFIED AS

• N/A. • SHIITES BELIEVE THEY ARE THE

SUCCESSORS OF ALI; SUNNIS REGARD
THEM AS THEIR CLERGY.
POSITION OF ABRAHAM

•FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL. • A GREAT PROPHET AND A PERFECT,

SINLESS EXAMPLE OF THE DIVINE
GUIDANCE OF GOD.
VIRTUE ON WHICH RELIGION IS BASED
UPON
•LOVE. • TAWHEED (ONENESS OF GOD);
PEACE
HOLY DAYS

• CHRISTMAS (CELEBRATION OF THE • RAMADAN (MONTH OF FASTING),

BIRTH OF JESUS), GOOD FRIDAY
(DEATH OF JESUS), SUNDAY (DAY
OF REST), EASTER (RESURRECTION
OF JESUS), LENT (CATHOLICISM),
SAINTS' FEAST DAYS.
EID-UL ADHA (FEAST OF THE
SACRIFICE), EID-UL FITR (SWEET
FESTIVAL AT THE END OF
RAMADAN).
ORIGINAL LANGUAGES

• ARAMAIC, COMMON (KOINE) GREEK, HEBREW. • ARABIC.

USE OF STATUES

• VARIES BY DENOMINATION. NOT USED IN • NOT ALLOWED

PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS; ICONS ARE USED
IN CATHOLIC & ORTHODOX DENOMINATIONS.
PRAYING TO SAINTS, MARY, AND ANGEL

• ENCOURAGED IN THE CATHOLIC & • SHIITES ASK FOR SAINTS'

ORTHODOX CHURCHES; MOST INTERCESSION, BUT, SUNNIS DO
PROTESTANTS ONLY PRAY NOT. MARY IS VENERATED BY BOTH
DIRECTLY TO GOD. SUNNIS AND SHIITES HOWEVER.
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

• ARAMAIC, GREEK, AND LATIN • ARABIC

REVERED PEOPLE

• VARIES BY SECT/DENOMINATION. SAINTS, THE • PROPHETS, IMAMS (RELIGIOUS LEADERS).

POPE, CARDINALS, BISHOPS, NUNS, CHURCH
PASTORS, OR DEACONS.
NO. OF GODS AND GODESSES

• 1 GOD • 1 GOD
SPIRITUAL BEINGS

• ANGELS, DEMONS, SPIRITS. • ANGELS, DEMONS, SPIRITS, JINN (GENIES).

PRIMARY GOD(S)
• A SINGLE, ALL-POWERFUL GOD KNOWN
AS GOD THAT IS TYPICALLY THOUGHT OF
IN "TRINITY" FORM: GOD, THE FATHER;
CHRIST, THE SON; AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
(OR GHOST).
• ONLY ALLAH, WHO IS SEEN AS BEING ALL-
POWERFUL. "THEY DO BLASPHEME WHO
SAY: ALLAH IS ONE OF THREE IN A
TRINITY: FOR THERE IS NO GOD EXCEPT
ONE ALLAH." —SURAT AL-MA'IDAH 5:73
ON FOOD/DRINK
• THOUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT OF THE
BIBLE SAYS CERTAIN MEATS SHOULD
NOT BE CONSUMED, CHRISTIANS
USUALLY FEEL THIS INFORMATION DOES
NOT APPLY TO THEM (IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT) AND SO EAT WHAT THEY
WANT TO EAT.
• MUSLIMS ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO EAT
FOODS THAT ARE CONSIDERED HALAL.
PORK IS FORBIDDEN. REQUIREMENT FOR
PRAYER AND RITUAL BUTCHERY OF MEAT.
QUICK AND SWIFT SLAUGHTER AT
SINGLE POINT ON THE THROAT; BLOOD
HAS TO BE COMPLETELY DRAINED.
ON RACE

• ALL RACES GENERALLY VIEWED EQUAL IN • RACES GENERALLY VIEWED AS EQUAL,

CHRISTIANITY. HOWEVER, BIBLE
PASSAGES ON SLAVERY WERE USED TO
SUPPORT THE PRACTICE IN THE PAST IN
THE U.S. THE "CURSE OF HAM" WAS
SOMETIMES THOUGHT TO BE BLACK
SKIN; MODERN INTERPRETATIONS
REJECT THIS.
BUT THOSE THAT ACCEPT ISLAM ARE
VIEWED MORE FAVORABLY THAN THOSE
THAT DO NOT. "AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THE
CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE
EARTH, AND THE VARIATIONS IN YOUR
LANGUAGES AND YOUR COLORS..." —
SURAT 30:22
VIEW OF JESUS

• GOD IN HUMAN FORM, "SON OF GOD, " • JESUS WAS A PERFECT, SINLESS, HIGHLY
SAVIOR. DEATH BY CRUCIFIXION. MOST, REVERED PROPHET AND A MESSENGER
THOUGH NOT ALL, OF CHRISTIANS OF GOD. JESUS WAS IMMACULATELY
BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, CONCEIVED THROUGH GOD, BUT IS NOT
WAS TAKEN UP INTO HEAVEN, AND WILL GOD OR THE SON OF GOD. JESUS DID NOT
RETURN DURING AN APOCALYPSE. DIE BUT ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. SO
THERE WAS NO RESURRECTION.
MOST COMMON SECTS

•CATHOLICS, PROTESTANTS, •SUNNI, SHIA.

GREEK ORTHODOX, RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX, MORMONS (LDS)
ON CLOTHING

• CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS DRESS MODESTLY; • WOMEN MUST PRESENT THEMSELVES MODESTLY

WOMEN MAY COVER THEIR HEADS, WEAR LONG
SKIRTS OR DRESSES; MEN MAY WEAR DRESS
CLOTHES THAT DO NOT SHOW THE CHEST, LEGS,
AND ARMS. MORE MODERATE OR LIBERAL
CHRISTIANS GENERALLY REJECT SUCH CLOTHING
RESTRICTIONS.
TO COVER HAIR AND BODY SHAPE. MEN MUST BE
MODESTLY DRESSED AND COVERED FROM WAIST
TO KNEE. IN MOST MUSLIM CULTURE, WOMEN
WEAR A FORM OF THE HIJAB; IN SOME, THEY
MUST WEAR THE FULL-BODY COVER KNOWN AS
THE BURQA.
IMPORTANT TENETS

• THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE • THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM

BEATITUDES. AMONG SUNNI MUSLIMS AND THE
SEVEN PILLARS OF ISLAM AMONG
SHIA MUSLIMS. THE SHIA
TWELVERS ALSO HAVE THE
ANCILLARIES OF THE FAITH.
VIEW ON ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS

• ALL WORSHIP THE ONE GOD. • BELIEVE THAT JEWS & CHRISTIANS
SHOULD ACCEPT MUHAMMAD AS THE
FINAL PROPHET; BELIEVE THAT BAHA'IS
ARE WRONG IN BELIEVING THAT BAH-U-
LLAH IS A PROPHET.
RELATED RELIGIONS

• ISLAM, JUDAISM, BAHA'I FAITH • CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, BAHA'I

FAITH
FOUNDERS AND EARLY LEADERS

•JESUS, PETER, PAUL, AND THE •MUHAMMAD, ABU BAKR,

APOSTLES. UMAR, UTHMAN, ALI
SACRED TEXTS

•CHRISTIAN BIBLE (INCLUDES •WHILE THE QUR'AN IS THE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS). ONLY HOLY TEXT OF ISLAM, THE
WHAT IS CONSIDERED CANON HADITH, WHICH IS SAID TO BE
MAY VARY SLIGHTLY BY THE SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD,
SECT/DENOMINATION. IS ALSO HIGHLY REVERED
YEAR FORMED

•28-33 CE. •610-622 CE.

INFLUENCED BY

• HELLENISTIC JUDAISM, JEWISH FOLKLORE, • JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, MONOTHEISTIC

GRECO-ROMAN PAGANISM, MONOTHEISTIC ZOROASTRIANISM. CUSTOMS OF THE PAGAN
ZOROASTRIANISM. RELIGIONS OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA THAT
ALREADY HAD PILGRIMAGES TO MECCA.
ON OTHER RELIGIONS

• MANY CHRISTIANS BELIEVE ALL OTHER • MOST MUSLIMS BELIEVE ALL OTHER
RELIGIONS ARE FALSE. MODERATES MAY RELIGIONS ARE FALSE. "FIGHT THOSE
OR MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS. "BE CAREFUL WHO BELIEVE NOT IN ALLAH NOR THE
TO DO EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID TO YOU. LAST DAY...UNTIL THEY PAY THE JIZYA
DO NOT INVOKE THE NAMES OF OTHER WITH WILLING SUBMISSION, AND FEEL
GODS; DO NOT LET THEM BE HEARD ON THEMSELVES SUBDUED."—SURAT AT-
YOUR LIPS." —EXODUS 23:13 TAWBAH 9:29 DISBELIEVERS WILL GO
TO ETERNAL HELL.
ON AFTERLIFE

• ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN • ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN

(PARADISE) OR HELL (TORMENT). (PARADISE) OR HELL (TORMENT).
SOME CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN
PURGATORY (LIMBO, TEMPORARY
PUNISHMENT).
ON MONEY
• TITHING / CHARITABLE GIVING. "AGAIN I TELL
YOU, IT IS EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH
THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN FOR SOMEONE WHO
IS RICH TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD." —
JESUS IN MATTHEW 19:24
• ZAKAT (CHARITABLE GIVING). "AND KNOW THAT
YOUR POSSESSIONS AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE
BUT A TRIAL (FITNAH) AND THAT SURELY WITH
ALLAH IS A MIGHTY REWARD." —SURAT AL-
'ANFAL 8:28
ON AFTERLIFE

• ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN (PARADISE) OR HELL • ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN (PARADISE) OR HELL
(TORMENT). SOME CATHOLICS BELIEVE IN (TORMENT).
PURGATORY (LIMBO, TEMPORARY PUNISHMENT).
NUMBER OF ADHERENTS

• AN ESTIMATED 2.1 BILLION, • AN ESTIMATED 1.5 BILLION,

LARGEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD. SECOND LARGEST RELIGION IN THE
WORLD.
ON APOCALYPSE
• MOST, THOUGH NOT ALL,
CHRISTIANS BELIEVE CHRIST WILL
RETURN DURING AN APOCALYPSE
THAT INCLUDES FAMINE, WAR, AND
PLAGUE.
• SOME MUSLIMS BELIEVE JESUS WILL
RETURN AT THE END OF THE WORLD; THE
DIFFERENCE IS THAT THEY BELIEVE HIS
RETURN IS A SIGN, NOT THE ACTUAL END.
OTHER MUSLIMS BELIEVE JESUS IS A
MINOR FIGURE AND THAT ISLAM'S 12TH
IMAM, MAHDI, WILL CLEANSE THE
WORLD.
ON LGBT

• VARIES. CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE IN • VARIES, BUT GENERALLY

MORE LITERAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT ACCEPTED.
BIBLE RARELY ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALITY; VERSES FROM THE QUR'AN CONDEMN IT
SOME SEE IT AS A CRIME. "DO NOT BE AND MODERN FATWAS (ISLAMIC LAW
DECEIVED...MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH INTERPRETATION) OFTEN BAN
MEN...WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM HOMOSEXUALITY AS A CRIME,
OF GOD." —1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10 PUNISHABLE BY DEATH IN SOME
COUNTRIES. SEX CHANGE IS NOT
PERMITTED.
ON WOMEN

• EQUAL TO MEN. IN SOME DENOMINATIONS, THEY
MAY BECOME NUNS.
• VARIES. SOME MUSLIMS VIEW WOMEN
AS EQUAL, WHILE OTHERS BELIEVE
WOMEN SHOULD BE SUBSERVIENT.
CLOTHING IS USUALLY CONTROLLED
(E.G., HIJAB, BURQA); HEALTH CHOICES
MAY BE RESTRICTED. SURAT AN-NISA
4:34 ALLOWS FOR "LIGHT BEATING" OF
"DISOBEDIENT" WIVES.
ON MARRIAGE/DIVORCE
• DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
ACCEPTANCE VARIES BY SECT/DENOMINATION.
BIBLE INCLUDES EXAMPLES OF POLYGAMY AND
MONOGAMY AND ONLY CONDONES DIVORCE IN
CASES OF ADULTERY.
• ACCORDING TO THE QUR'AN, MEN MAY MARRY
MORE THAN ONE WOMAN, BUT NO MORE THAN
FOUR, AS LONG AS HE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND
TREAT THEM FAIRLY. DIVORCE EASY FOR MEN,
DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN.
ON ATHEISM
• VARIES. SOME BELIEVE ATHEISTS WILL GO TO
HELL BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD;
OTHERS BELIEVE GOD DOES NOT OPERATE THAT
WAY. "THE FOOL SAYS IN HIS HEART, 'THERE IS NO
GOD.' THEY ARE CORRUPT, THEIR DEEDS ARE
VILE..." —PSALM 14:1
• VARIES, BUT ATHEISM CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS
IN SOME MUSLIM NATIONS. "O PROPHET! STRIVE
HARD AGAINST THE UNBELIEVERS AND THE
HYPOCRITES, AND BE FIRM AGAINST THEM.
THEIR ABODE IS HELL, AN EVIL REFUGE INDEED."
—SURAT AT-TAWBAH 9:73