Cultural Differences Between Judaism And Islam

These two religions share numerous values, rules and and traditions. Much Jewish history recurs throughout Islamic history. Both people descend from Abraham, the jews from his son isaac and the Muslims from his son Ishmael. The two religions rely heavily on documents to provide teachings on how to practice their faiths, so much so that many muslims would refer to jews as “people of the book. Moses who is perhaps the most important prophet of Judaism is a figure found heavenly within the Torah within the Qur’an. The strongest and most powerful law preached with Islam is “There is no god but Allah” this confession of monotheism is also found in Judaism, the simple difference in the two is only the name itself. Both cultures have very similar religious practices. …show more content…
Before doing such they are both required to wash their hands,and sometimes feet exactly three times. The Torah and Qur’an both speak identically on how the family and household should be. After marriage the husband is responsible for providing a home and necessities while the female is responsible for to care for the home and children. Adultery are forbidden in both cultures but polygamy is not. They are many dietary laws between kosher and halal for example swine, certain birds and meat that was not ritually killed is strictly forbidden. Judaism and islam both share common views and tradition of death they teach of an afterlife, heaven and hell and immortality of the soul, The dead body is washed and and wrapped in a shroud before burial the process of cremation is strictly forbidden by both