Dbq Christianity And Islam

Christianity and Islam are two very different but also very similar religions. They both share some beliefs, like a monotheistic god, hell and heaven, and prophets for said god. But they also view traders with similar and different attitudes, like how they viewed selling an item for more than it is worth. They both believed that trading was unjust due to its methods of dishonesty and bribery. Traders are the backbone of history and the way they are viewed by the 2 biggest belief systems in the world is also important. Christianity viewed traders well if they would respect the rules of the religion, and gave back to the poor or unfortunate if they made money. This obligement to give back is shown In document 3. St Godric, a 12 century British

Document 7 shows An islamic court was accusing a person for buying all the cotton from a vendor that only comes in once in a while, for himself. This contrasts from their guild's rules that they should all buy a small amount of cotton for each person so they can all have an equal amount of weaving material. This shows that Islamic customers of traders also practice fair trade rules. Thus being similar to the Christian customers in the Holy roman empire, that also practice fair trade by not underpaying. However, a key difference in the two religions' trade, is whether you should sell an item for more than it is worth. Document 5, in short (written by a muslim scholar) states that trading requires selling items for higher prices than what you got them for. That they have to sell for cash otherwise they might not get repaid. And the manners of tradesmen are inferior to rulers, because they need flattery, evasiveness, litigation and disputation to try and convince the buyer to buy their product. Even though it technically falls under the category of gambling, it is allowed because trading gives people something that they agreed to back in return. The key thing here is that the scholar stated that trading Requires selling something for more than what you got it for. This is the opposite of what the Christian scholar stated in document 4, which states that overcharging is unjust. This shows the difference between Islamic and Christian attitudes on fair