| QURAN & HADITH | 5 TIMES PRAYER | ZAKAAT | HAJJ & UMRAH | ISLAMIC RULINGS / FATWAS / Q&A |
A TENTATIVE COMPARISON
| Religion / Sect | Origin | GOD | AFTERLIFE | SCRIPTURE | DIVINITY | PROPHET | MAIN MESSAGE | Language | PRACTICES | NO OF FOLLOWERS |
| Christianity | Founded by Paul around 300 AD. Central Figure Jesus | One God with 3 forms - father/son/holyspirit | Yes The sinners go to hell and the believers go to heaven | Bible | Yes | Adam to Jesus | Salvation can be attained only through Jesus | Originally Aramaic / but now Arabic | Prayers in church usually on Sundays ( not obligatory | 2 billion |
| Jews or Judaism | Founded by Abraham 2000BC | One God and Moses as the final messenger | Yes | Torah | Yes | Abraham to Moses | Belief in One God and coming of Messiah | Hebrew | Prayers in Synagogues on Saturday (Sabath day ) | 14 Million |
| Hinduism | Based on Vedic Scriptures believed to be 5000 years old | One God with many incarnations / manifestations. Hindu's preach almost one million Gods and Goddess | Yes with heaven and hell | Vedas, Upanishad, Bhagwad geeta,Ramayana, Mahabharata | No | No | Purpose is to gain release from rebirth, or at least a better rebirth. | Originally Sanskrit but now in Hindi | Offerings in Temples against statues / idols of Gods and Goddess, Chanting mantras , songs | 900 million |
| Sikhs | Guru Nanak as leader, but not founded by him 1500AD India | There is only one GOD | Yes | Guru Granth Sahib | Yes | The gurus are believed to be true guiders | There is only one GOD | Sikhi | Reading of the holy book in the Gurudwara | 23 million |
| Buddhist | Based on teachings of Gautama Buddha 520BC India | Silent on GOD | Yes | Theravada | Claimed | Buddha | To avoid suffering and gain enlightenment and release from cycle of rebirth, or at least attain a better rebirth by gaining merit. | Pali / Sanskrit | Most Buddhist preach before the idol of Buddha. | 360 million |
| Aethism | Throughout History | There is no GOD | None | None | None | None | Eat Drink & Be Merry | None | Different | 180 million |
| Islam | From Adam the 1st man in Earth | One and Only God who is the creator / sustainer of the world and is the only one who accepts repentance and forgives sins and listens to those who call him | Paradise for the believer's and hell for those who reject faith | Quran as the final word. Muslims also treat Torah, Injil , and Zabur as sacred. | YES | Adam to Muhammed (Peace upon them all ) | None has the right to be worshipped but Allah | Arabic | 5 times of obligatory prayer in masjid, fasting during month of Ramdhan, charity, pilgrimage to Mecca | 1.3 billion |
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