Comparing Monotheistic Religions 1. What does monotheistic mean? Monotheistic means a belief in one god.

ISLAM
What are the names of the scriptures (holy books) they use? Who is the central person of the religion? The name of the holy book is called Quran.

CHRISTIANITY
The name of the holy book is the bible and the gospels. The central person of religion is Christ. The cross is the primary symbol of the religion.

JUDAISM
The name of the holy book is Torah and Talmud. The central person is Rabbi. The symbols are the menorah and the Star of David. The holy city is Israel.

Allah was the central person of the religion The symbol is a crescent, star, and the color green. The holy town of Islam is Mecca

What is the religions symbol?

The holy city is Jersulam.

What are the holy cities? What is the name of their house of worship? What days do they worship? What are their Holy Days? What is their diet like? Do they have dietary restrictions?

The name of their house of worship was mosque.

They worshiped in churches.

They worshiped in synagogues.

They worship on Fridays. Islams dont have holy days.

They worship on Sundays. Their holy days are Christmas, Easter, and lent.

They worship from sunset Friday to sunset Sunday. The holy day is the Shabbat.

They always ate healthy stuff like eating grains.

They always use to eat fish The Jews never ate pork. on Fridays.

Allah was the god and There spiritual leader was Muhammad was Allahs Jesus. What are their spiritual messenger. leaders called?

They only believed in one god and they were his chosen people.

SUMMARY: This all basically about how these cultures have different beliefs in there god. It also says where they worship and when they do it. It has many things that you can learn about like what diet was there or what are the spiritual leaders called. They also had holy cities, where the central person had come from. They have a symbol for their religion.