Islam vs. Hinduism Islam vs. Hinduism Introduction In the world today, there exists many religions and unlike Christianity, Islam and Hinduism tend to have similar beliefs, characteristics and some differences. Relations between the two religions started when Islam was introduced to the Indian sub-continent in the early seventh century (Hossein Nasr, 2003). Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam make up the world's three largest religions. Hinduism consists of a socio- religious way of Hindu life, while Islam is a monotheistic religion, which shares most of its concepts with Abrahamic religions, unlike Hinduism, which shares common elements with dhārmic religions (Williams, 2000). Islam vs. Hinduism Islam is believed to have originated in the deserts of Arabia because of native traditions.
Hindu and Hinduism are terms that can be difficult to define not only accurately but also universally. These terms can define one’s religious beliefs, one’s place within the caste system, one’s language or one’s region within India. According to the 2001 census, India’s population has reached over one billion and of those counted, Hindus make up over 80% (Narayanan, 2003). The Hindu belief system can be as simple or complex, as its follower chooses to make it because Hinduism itself is very diverse in its components. Hindus believe that their belief system has existed forever and many aspects within their belief system are cyclic in character instead of possessing a beginning, middle and an end, as is common among other belief systems.
Many Hindu followers believe that one of the gods is the true god; this creates a division in Hinduism, Vaishnavaism and Shivaism. People who follow Vaishnavaism believe that Vishnu is the one true god and people who follow Shivasim believe that Shiva is the one true god. Yet there are
The religion has billions of members, about 1/6 of the world's population. It is also because of the Holy Wars or Crusades in which the Christians attempted to take the Holy Land back from the Muslims. 3. Hinduism is the dominant religion, or way of life, in South Asia, most especially India. It includes Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktis and a wide spectrum of laws and prescriptions of "daily morality" based on karma, dharma, and societal norms.
IS.218 Jahnice Thomas January 8, 2012 Ancient India Hinduism & Buddism We have been studying India .in particular we have compared the two major religions that began there. Hinduism is practiced and is considered to be the most important religion in India. Buddhism is the fourth largest religion in the world that teaches compassion and nonviolence. Hinduism is the most important religion located in India. Hinduism is one of the oldest religions in the world .the caste system evolved from Hinduism.
All these findings provide the evidence of the theory that the Indus Valley Civilization gave a birth to the Hinduism. However, there is a theory that states that the Aryans, which is the Indo-European culture, occupied India and as a result, influenced on the Sanskrit language and the Vedic religion that are foundational to Hinduism. Also, this article states that the ancient people who lived in the Indus Valley are supposed to have a Dravidian language and culture, which eventually became secondary to that of the occupying people. Followers of the “Aryan Invasion” hypothesis claim that there are resemblances between the ancient Iranian religion Zoroastrianism and
Christianity and Platonism by Christopher Bunge Religion and philosophy both seek an explanation for the way things are. They attempt to answer the hard questions of humanity origin, purpose and eventual destination. Religion usually purposes a divine or supernatural reason for existence and wherein spiritual entities act as guiding forces throughout humanities history. Religion is as old as human kind is with evidence of ritualistic behavior being observed as early as some 50,000BCE. Philosophy as we understand it on the other hand was invented by the Greeks in the 6th century BCE.
Having over a billion followers Hinduism has had a major influence with other religious beliefs around the world and is present in many of today’s largest religions. In this paper I will go over the central beliefs of the sacred texts or Vedas, the notion of reincarnation, and the law of karma all of which are the major principles in Hindu thought and practice. Sacred texts called the Vedas on which Hinduism was founded were the main source of several diverse branches of the Hindu philosophy. The Vedas origins are puzzling and mysterious. The Vedas consisted of four parts called the Samhitas, Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads.
It originated from an Indian subcontinent and is often referred to as Santana Dharma; which is a Sanskrit phrase meaning “the eternal path” or the “eternal law.” Islam is a monotheistic religion, meaning that they worship only one deity or god known as Allah; and originated from the teachings of Muhammad. Islam and Hinduism, both having many followers, are quite different when it comes to worship and rituals within the religions. Islam was founded by the prophet Muhammad and Hinduism is a group of religious traditions. The largest group of followers of the Islam faith are known as Muslims, “one who submits to god.” There are five pillars of faith that they must follow: Shahada, Salat, Saum, Zakat and Hajj. Shahada is the daily recitation and worship of the
Religion is the belief in worship or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or to have control of human destiny. Typically, every religion has a philosophical concept of casualties whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time. The concept of action or deed, understood, as that, which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect, is Karma. Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Jainism allow karma to dictate the process implemented to help achieve specific goals. The concept of karma in religion is logically attractive and intellectually compelling but controversial in nature.