Question

1) British writer Vincenzo Oliveti wrote, “God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad the Holy Qur'an, the Sacred Book of Islam. The religion this created, however, was not a new message but simply a final and total Arabic restatement of God's messages to the Hebrew Prophets and to Jesus.” Based on what you know about Judaism and Christianity would you agree with this statement? You may read more of Oliveti’s text in The 500 Most Influential Muslims

2)  The first nobel truth of Buddhism is “all is suffering.” The goal of practicing Buddhism, then, is to eliminate personal suffering through extinguishing our desires and our attachment to the idea of “self.” There are no distinctions between good desires and bad desires, for all desires lead to suffering. To what degree do you think this is true? Is it possible that some kinds of desires are good and even necessary to life? Read through the material about Buddha and his teaching at http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/bits/bit-2.htm (read The Fire Sermon [#73] and The Great Retirement [#6, only down to the naming of Rahula]). Then wiegh on this Question.

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Religion is the combination of Various dogmas, beliefs, tradition, and practices that make the connection between a human being and god or supreme divinity.

Islam is one of the greatest religion in the world. According to the Muslims, the prophet Muhammad is the last messenger of God. Islam emerged in the Arab peninsula.macca and medina are the sacred cities in Islam. It is a strictly monotheistic religion(beliefs in only one God).

The Five Pillars of Islam are the fundamental rules that all followers should follow.

• Declaration of faith or shahadah.

• Salat(five-time prayer.)

• Zakat or almsgiving

• Swam(fasting in Ramadan)

• Hajj(the pilgrimage to Mecca)

Islam Christianity and Judaism are most important and great Ibrahim region with the largest number of devotees across the globe.

• All of them believes in one God but Islam is a strict, simple monotheistic religion. It believes in one and only one God and there no other God beside him.

On the other hand, Christianity is not a true monotheistic religion because in Christianity Jesus Christ it seems as a son of God.

• The concept of an afterlife is clear in Islam. In Islam, people will go to the Jannat(heaven) or Jahannam(hell) according to their deeds(good or bad) after judgement day.

On the other hand, Judaism does not say anything about the afterlife.

• In Islam Jesus Christ is one of the greatest messenger of God but only a servant of God not the son of God. on the other hand Jesus is the son of God in Christianity, Judaism does not say anything about Jesus Christ.

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Buddhism is an ancient religion which was founded by Siddhartha Gautama or Gautama Buddha in the eastern part of India around 6 B.C.E.

Buddhism is a religion that teaches us nonviolence (ahimsa), harmony and peace(Shanti) and truth(Satya).

It is prohibited to take the life of anyone (including suicide or euthanasia) in Buddhism because it violates core idea of the Buddhism the nonviolence(ahimsa) and peace(Shanti), and truth(Satya).

According to the teachings of Mahatma Buddha, No person has a right to take the life of anyone because it is a gift of nature to the mankind and we must follow the ahimsa in any condition.

Suicide or euthanasia prevents people to achieve Nirvana because it is a sign of ill mental state and also creates bad karma.