Özet:

According to Islam, all the prophets sent to the human beings communicated the same principles of belief. In accordance with this, although there are some differences in practice, such basic religious practices as cleanliness, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, religious direction of worship, and sacrifice are common in essence in the Abrahamic religions. This indicates that the religion which Allah sent to the human beings is based on the one source and includes “the same or similar” principles for every society though their languages, cultures, usage and customs are different. In that case, the similarities of belief and practices among the Abrahamic religions are the natural result of this fact. However, on the occasion of these common features and similarities, one should not understand these as constructions without having an originality which came into existence as a result of cultural transformation, interaction, borrowing and imitation. These common elements should only be evaluated as appearances of the sacred cultural heritage which is fed by the same source and ‘confirm each other’.

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