Similarities between Biblical and Muslim Cultures

BIBLICAL RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS

  1. Greeting of peace (Luke 10:5)
  2. Washing of hands and feet before worship (Exodus 40:31-32)
  3. Removal of shoes in God's presence (Exodus 3:5)
  4. Bowing prostrate in prayer (Psalm 95:6)
  5. Animal sacrifice (Passover) (Deuteronomy 16:1-6)
  6. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Acts 8:26-28)
  7. Women covering their heads during worship (I Corinthians 11:5-6)
  8. Circumcision (Luke 2:21)
  9. Offering a sacrifice for the first-born (Luke 2:24)
  10. Prolonged fasting (Exodus 34:28, I Kings 19:8, Matt. 4:2)
  11. Modesty and silence of women (1 Corinthians 14:34)
  12. Abstinence from pork (Leviticus 11:7)
MUSLIM PRACTICES

  1. As-salamu alai kum (peace be unto you)
  2. Ablutions, "wudu"
  3. No shoes inside the mosque
  4. Prostrate during prayer, "sajda"
  5. Eid-ul Adha / Eid-ul Qurban, Feast of animal sacrifice
  6. Pilgrimage to Mecca, "hajj"
  7. Women wear head-covefing
  8. Circumcision, "khilan"
  9. Offering of sacrifice at birth of a child, "akika"
  10. Thirty-day fast during Ramadhan, "saum"
  11. Muslims abstain from eating pork

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