How Did Christianity And Islam Influence The World Today

Throughout history, Islam and Christianity have both influenced the world today in many ways. Due to the spread of Christianity and Islam from their origin, there have been many similar and different beliefs and effects on politics. Islam began in 622 A.D. around the Arabian Peninsula spreading the belief of their founder’s will (). Islam followers are called Muslims, or “one who submits”. Muhammad was the founder of Islam. Muhammad and his followers consider himself as the “messenger of Allah”. His goal for this new religion he founded was to fix the religious and political corruption of Mecca (Strayer 417). In 33 A.D., Christianity began around Israel and spread the news of their founder. Christian followers are named after the founder Jesus Christ. The name means “Anointed One”. There are two main branches of Islam, the Sunni and the Shia. They both get inspiration from their sacred text known to them as the Quran. They believe this is their god’s true word. The Five Pillars of Islam are the five main …show more content…
Unlike Christianity, Islam became stricter in controlling and restricting the rights of women as it grew. In Christianity, women began gaining leadership roles that helped them acquire more equality. The Muslim Quran states that women are subordinate but society acts like they are subordinate. Because of this, there is a mix of restrictions available to women. As the Arab Empire increased, there became stricter rules for women. Women were required to cover up with clothing unlike Christianity. In the Hadiths, which were reports of Muhammad, described women as weak and subordinate to men. This began all the negative views on women based on Muhammad’s actions and words. Christianity had a patriarchal belief but women were presented equal to men. Throughout the history of Christianity, it is evident of not only male roles but the increasing of women leaders in the church (Strayer 194,