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Comparison Of Islam: Extension Of Judaism And Christianity

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Islam is seen as a continuation of Judaism and Christianity because it is the last of the three monotheistic religions to appear. Each religion has a shared heritage of the belief in the creation and sin stories, involving Adam and Eve. Each religion also believes in the prophets. Islam is an extension of Judaism and Christianity because the roots of Islam are formulated from the ideas of Judaism. The message of monotheism, preached by Jews in the center of the Hellenistic world gained a lot of attention and followers. Not too long after a group of Jews started to claim that the messiah had arrived, which is where Christianity first appeared. These people who spoke of Jesus as the messiah became known as Christians. While this group was initially
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