Similarities Between Christianity And Islam

 Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world. Members of the two religions constitute almost half of the world's population with total  population of Christians around the world standing at about 2.4 billion today and total population of Muslims standing at about 2 billion.

Over the years, relationship between the two faiths has oscillated into tension  and conflicts. Their teachings disagree with each other in many ways and the adherents find it challenging tolerating each other. 

As a result of this, one would think the  both religions can never have anything in common but that's the total opposite. There are many similarities between the both religions and we shall discuss them next.

First is that both religions have the same place of origin which is in the Middle East. Christians believe Jesus, who is the son of God, was born in  Bethlehem, Isreal in the Middle East over 2000 years ago. Muslims believe Islam was founded over 1400 years ago in Makkah, which is known today as Saudi Arabia. 

Second similarity is that both religions are monotheistic, that is, they both believe that there is only one God.  Christians and Muslims believe that the word of God was revealed  through prophets and holy scriptures. 

Both Christians and Muslims believe in Jesus and that he performed miracles but  while Christians believe that Jesus is the son of God, Muslims believe that Jesus is one of many prophets. In Islam, Jesus is known as the Prophet Eesa Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH)

Third similarity between the both faiths is that both religions are Abrahamic religions, meaning that they descended from Judaism and the worship of the God of Abraham.

The both religions trace their origins to the two sons of Abraham. For Jewish people and Christians, it is his second son Isaac, but for Muslims, it is his eldest son, the Prophet Isma’il (PBUH).

The fourth similarity is that they both believe that Jesus was born to Mary, a virgin. 

The fifth similarity is that both religions believe that humans will have a day of judgement and will be judged for the lives they lived on Earth. For Christians, it determines whether they will go to Heaven or Hell for the rest of eternity. 

For Muslims, they refer to the afterlife as Akhirah - they will stay in their graves until the end of the world, when they have their day of judgement. They will come before Allah (God) and if they have lived a good life, they will go to Heaven which they call "Jannah", but if they have disobeyed the word of Allah, they will go to Hell which they call "Jahannam".

While there are still other similarities between Christianity and Islam, the five I mentioned above are the key similarities between the both faiths. Thanks for reading and God bless you.