Community in the Islamic faith is deeply integrated into the religion. For Islam you must follow the five pillars of Islam, in which each pillar is a compulsory act. These five pillars of Islam revolve around ummah. Ummah is an Arabic word that means community. The pillars are the salat, sawm, zakat, hajj, and the shahada. Salat, the first pillar is for the prayers, in this religion prayers are performed 5 times a day. There are specific times that one must pray while praying everyone in the world that follows the belief is also praying. The feeling of unity as everyone prays in a submissive posture is important. Even if you are praying isolated in your home, you know for a fact that there are others praying alongside of you. While praying
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The Judaic faith has survived on basis of unity, in the face of oppression throughout the ages. The Judaic faith is a monotheistic faith that is defined by the Tanakh, not only is it a religion it is also the way of life for the Jewish people. Similar to Islam, Jews give at least ten percent of their earnings, or their harvest to charity. As the Muslims have a name for God (Allah), the Judaic faith has a name for God and that is YHWH. As the Islamic faith, in the Judaic faith you do not have to be at a synagogue to pray, you can pray from anywhere, however the Jewish people do not face a certain way when praying. In this faith there are specific prayers that can only be carried out as a community. One of the basic goals for Judaism is to keep the lineage surviving. As stated in the Covenant, “God promises land and offspring to his chosen people” so it is vital that the lineage survives. Community is important, because they need to be united with each other for God. As important it is for the survival of the lineage it is also important to keep the people united spiritually for God. To produce unity of spiritual people to preserve the history and the covenant with God is possible by the power of communicating the word. This is very important as a community to keep the religion going through the lineage. So the generations to come are able to understand and participate in it. The Tanakh shows the importance of communication and the power of “the word,” because the Tanakh contains writings and Prophets, as well as laws. These are passed down the generations, or down the lineage through the Tanakh. The importance of community, communication, and lineage is easily seen. It is easily seen in the diaspora also, diaspora are the Jewish people left in exile, however when gone for long periods of times they still carried the identity of the Jewish faith. The diaspora even though separated they remained united
The Judaic faith has survived on basis of unity, in the face of oppression throughout the ages. The Judaic faith is a monotheistic faith that is defined by the Tanakh, not only is it a religion it is also the way of life for the Jewish people. Similar to Islam, Jews give at least ten percent of their earnings, or their harvest to charity. As the Muslims have a name for God (Allah), the Judaic faith has a name for God and that is YHWH. As the Islamic faith, in the Judaic faith you do not have to be at a synagogue to pray, you can pray from anywhere, however the Jewish people do not face a certain way when praying. In this faith there are specific prayers that can only be carried out as a community. One of the basic goals for Judaism is to keep the lineage surviving. As stated in the Covenant, “God promises land and offspring to his chosen people” so it is vital that the lineage survives. Community is important, because they need to be united with each other for God. As important it is for the survival of the lineage it is also important to keep the people united spiritually for God. To produce unity of spiritual people to preserve the history and the covenant with God is possible by the power of communicating the word. This is very important as a community to keep the religion going through the lineage. So the generations to come are able to understand and participate in it. The Tanakh shows the importance of communication and the power of “the word,” because the Tanakh contains writings and Prophets, as well as laws. These are passed down the generations, or down the lineage through the Tanakh. The importance of community, communication, and lineage is easily seen. It is easily seen in the diaspora also, diaspora are the Jewish people left in exile, however when gone for long periods of times they still carried the identity of the Jewish faith. The diaspora even though separated they remained united