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Introduction: Allah of the Koran and Yahweh (Jehovah) of the Torah are the main deities of the two worlds popular religions Islam and Judaism. The fact that the two religions were created in close geographic proximity led to the unification of certain traditions and principles as well as enmity of the two religions and deities. Some scholars claim that Allah and Jehovah are the same while others state that they are completely different. In the following essay I am going to speak about the similarities as well as differences between Allah and Jehovah, present various findings on the given matter and express my personal comments on the two supreme gods. Allah-Yahweh similarities. First of all Judaism, and Islam possess a lot of common literary heritage with each religion claming that Allah (or Islam) or Yahweh (of Judaism) walked with Abraham, and spoken with Moses and other believers. In Judaism, and Islam, both Yahweh, and Allah claim to be the only true god with other gods being but pagan, thus each god promulgate monotheism. Both Allah and Yahweh state that the truth can be found in only one book (Koran or Torah), making it holy. Another thing about Allah and Yahweh that is held similar is the fact that both Allah and Yahweh command their believers to listen to the prophets, with Yahweh ordering the believers to listen to the Old Testament prophets, Allah comments to listen to the prophets of the old, new testaments as well as to Muhammad, who was the last prophet sent to earth by Allah (Pence, 2002).


Both gods claim that they sent angels to guard over people, both gods state that they will return to Earth to judge people, as well as promise to the believers the revelation on the last day. The fact that both gods demand their worshipers to pray to them, read the literature (Torah or Qur'an) and learn the divine words from other people or books is also a remarkable similarity between the two gods in my personal opinion. Allah and Yahweh, both consider that there should be one place where a believer can worship. Allah commanded the believers to attend Mosque, while Yahweh ordered to attend the synagogue (Pence, 2002). I also would like to note that Allah and Yahweh, both teach their worshipers follow morality as expressed in the holy book, as well as demand one day from the week to be dedicated exclusively to prayer and worship. Allah chose Friday, while Yahweh chose Sabbath or Saturday (Bonfire, 2001).


Both Allah and Yahweh command their believers to wage war against the infidels and unbelievers and consider the infidel even those who support the presence of other religions besides either Islam (for Allah followers) or Judaism (for Yahweh followers). Both Allah and Yahweh demand the followers to dedicate certain feasts to them as well as fasting. Yahweh called the day Yom Kippur, while Allah chose a day of Ramadan (Pence, 2002). Differences: It should be noted though that Allah and Yahweh despite numerous similarities also possess certain distinctions. First of all it should be noted that Allah accepts Jesus as a great teacher who knew the will of God, yet was not his son. Yahweh on the other hand tells their followers that Jesus in Christianity but a false prophet, and that real Jesus has not come to earth as a human yet (Bonfire, 2001).


Another drastic difference in Allah and Yahweh is that the latter demands animal sacrifice and animal blood atonement from humans, while Allah completely abandons this sacrificial system. Another area of difference is the residence of the two gods. Allah stated that his place and therefore the faith center is the city of Mecca, while Yahweh claims that the center of the worlds faith is Jerusalem. Another distinction is that Yahweh tells his worshipers that they should prey for their enemies and it is Yahwehs job to pour fire on the enemies, while Allah does not oppose the aggressiveness of the holy warriors of Islam against the enemies. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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