RELS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jinn, Devil (Islam)
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Christianity doesn"t deny their violence, islam tends to claim to be a religion of peace as their prophet is a man of peace (especially with the outbreak of isis). An academic with a rigorous methodology of history could present islam as a peaceful religion. Contributed the greatest number of slaves in the history of the world. Has the most violent actions associated with it in the twenty irst century. Adam nuh abrahim musa jesus muhammad (noah) (abraham) (moses) Islam was given to the world as monotheism. With abraham, monotheism was then given to the jews. The jewish carry monotheism until it goes of the rails they become a corrupt igure. The muslim prophets who are supposed to be perfect sin. Adam committed adultery, murder, and covenant (broke three of the ten commandments). The story in islam is that he did not sin, he merely forgot one isn"t supposed to eat the fruit.