Do you think it’s easier to instill Christian morals or Islamic law into the political system of a county? Justify your answer. It is easier to instill a set of morals into a system rather than enforcing a political system to conform to one religious belief which is the centralized focus of Islamic law. Furthermore, Christian morals are viewed as simplistic because of the liberty to conscience. What helped our forefathers create a great nation and form a government were their principles and ethical sense of right and wrong.
Through conquest and expansion, Muslims created a powerful Islamic Empire which greatly contributed to and deeply impacted the development of Western Civilization. The expansion of Islam from Mecca to Medina began with the Prophet Muhammad. “Muhammad taught that his religion was the pure monotheism of the prophets which would replace Judaism and Christianity. Using force and negotiation, Muhammad drew many Arab tribes into his religious community” (Armstrong, 19). Muhammad created a controlled community that was inspired by his teachings.
CONSTANTINE’S RELIGIOUS POLICY Constantine’s religious policy under his reign was to keep peace throughout the whole of the Roman Empire by stopping the persecution of Christians and allowing paganism to be practised together with Christianity, as well as being a follower of Christianity and using his own power to help it spread across his empire. Constantine’s religious policy also evolved greatly throughout his reign, from being a follower of paganism to finally the emperor that was largely responsible for the spread of Christianity which is still the dominating religion in society today. Constantine’s major aspect of his religious policy was his attitude towards Christians. Constantine himself was a Christian, the first Christian Roman Emperor, and was the one that formally ended what is known as the “Great Persecution of Christians”, which happened (approximately) around AD 303. However, he did not just stop the persecution, but went far further and gave the Catholic Church finances it needed in order to spread around the Roman Empire.
A similarity between Christianity and Islam is that Abraham is an important leader in both of their religion. In Christianity Abraham is considered the father of the fellow people of Israel. In Islam Abraham is considered a prophet of Islam and the ancestor of Muhammad through his other son Ishmael. There are a lot of similarities between the two religions, but both are still very different. There are a lot of comparisons between Christianity and Islam.
Muhammad was going to receive the message from God. Muhammad was not only going to receive the message from God, but he was also going to record this message and bring it to man; to bring people back to the true path. Muhammad went through a series of seizure-like episodes that revealed this message. The visions are recorded in the Qur’an, the Islamic holy book. Muslims, those whom follow Islam, live by the Qur’an.
Both the Middle East, including the Byzantine Empire, and East Asia underwent many political transformations. Additionally, both areas gained new religious developments. Both regions had religions that were based on the teachings of prophets, but the West had emperors who were religious leaders. While the Middle East and East Asia both had rulers with absolute power, the ultimate goals of their religions differed vastly. These regions had many political aspects in common.
Religion also provided a strong role in the governments of different societies around the world. Even today the American government is based on the beliefs of the Christian faith and Christian values. Other civilizations base their government practices on different religious beliefs and have been for thousands of years. The Ottoman Empire was an empire that was very heavily influenced by their Islamic faith. Their religion served as the base for their entire societal structure.
He was able to utilize the previous autocrats’ work as a springboard for his reign to complete the act of emancipating the serfs. Other motives for emancipation stemmed from the religious ideologies held by Alexander II. Striving for a “common good”, Christian charity, and equality were all factors that contributed to Alexander II’s push to emancipate the serfs. Religious ideology permeates the language used by Alexander II in his emancipation edict and speeches. This use of language reflects the deeply held religious convictions that he held and used as inspiration for many of his decisions.
Both Christianity and Islam have a communitarian dimension: what the church is to Christianity the "umma" is to Islam. Despite these significant similarities, however, these two world religions have a number of significant differences as well. I will discuss 3 topics and go into detail about their moral teachings, roles and responsibilities (duties) and social justice issues, I will also be discussing their similarities and differences. The prophet Muhammad said: "I have been sent to perfect the morals". The Quran is the criterion (furqan).
The caliph was looked upon as the successor to the prophet Muhammad and had close relations to God; therefore, most of the government was built upon religion and morals. The economic structures of both empires contained their differences. The