1) Young Muslims - The Message

ISLAMShinto: 4 millionCao Dai: 4 millionZoroastrianism: 2.6 millionTenrikyo: 2 millionNeo-Paganism: 1 millionUnitarian-Universalism: 800 thousandRastafarianism: 600 thousandScientology: 500 thousandIslam is a Semitic religion, which has over 1.5 billion adherents allover the world. Islam means "submission to the will of God".Muslims accept the Qur’an as the word of God revealed to His lastand final prophet, Muhammad (Blessings and Peace be upon him).Islam thus makes it an article of faith to believe in all the earlierprophets, starting with Adam, and continuing with Noah, Abraham,Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, John the Baptist and Jesusamongst many others (May peace be on them all).CHRISTIANITYChristianity is a Semitic religion, which claims to have nearly 2.1billion adherents all over the world. Christianity owes its name toJesus Christ (Blessings and peace be upon him). The Holy Bible is thesacred Scripture of the Christians: a) The Bible is divided into twoparts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The OldTestament is the Holy Scripture of the Jews and contains records ofall the prophets of the Jews that came before Jesus (Blessings andPeace be upon him). The New Testament contains records of thelife of Jesus (Blessings and Peace be upon him). b) The completeBible, i.e. the Old Testament and the New Testament put together,contains 73 books. However, the Protestant Bible i.e. the KingJames Version contains only 66 books as they consider 7 books ofthe Old Testament to be apocrypha, i.e. of doubtful authority.Therefore, the Old Testament of the Catholics contains 46 booksand that of the Protestants, 39 books. However the New Testamentof both these sects contains 27 books.Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 248