Comparing Religions Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

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of Nazareth, a Jewish rabbi, collected a following of people who believed him to be a new prophet. Their recollections of Jesus' words and deeds recall his days on earth and the miracle of his resurrection from the dead on the first Easter. These Jewish Christians began the first churches, in Jerusalem.
Like Christianity, Islam was based on the teaching of a person or prophet, Muhammad. In Mohammed's time, the Arabian Peninsula was populated by nomadic Bedouins and city-dwelling Arabs. Muhammad began his ministry at the age of 40, when, he claimed, the archangel Gabriel appeared to him in a vision. At first Muhammad told his visions only to his family and close friends. After four years he began to preach openly in his native city of Mecca. After being ridiculed by the Meccans, he went to Medina in 622. At his death in 632, Muhammad was the leader of an Arab state growing rapidly in power. The third duty of a Muslim is to pay taxes. The fourth duty is the fast of the month of ...

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