what are the similarities in differences between Christianity and Islams influence on law and social justice?

Christianity is one of the religions which is usually based on the miracles and also the teaching of Jesus Christ. Islam, on the other hand, is the Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the teaching there is one, and only one God (Allah) and the messenger of God is Muhammad. The two religion have many similarities and differences in social justice and law as illustrated below (Aribi, 2010).

The two religions have incorporated a yearning for social justice. They also bring on bond the idea of human dignity (Olivier, 2006). Christianity like catholic endorsed human rights around 1960. It approved that religious communities are the one that makes the society and they should all undergo the similar learning process the society have to tackle as the whole. Islam reconciles religion with democracy and human rights by making them the essential and exclusive heritage of the west as in Huntington thesis. Muslim reformers rise question how and whether human rights and Islamic sharia raw fit together.

Islam emphasis on social justice, while Christianity equivalently focuses on love and peace. No real definition of justice in Islamic, one should be simply just in his actions. Justice is a universal value in Islam a calling in the human conscience and cannot be defined. Islam uses sharia laws which govern prayers, individual rights, and business transaction. Sharia laws also govern government and criminal laws it also utilized for practical solutions to contemporary issues. Christianity like Catholics uses canon laws which regulate government and external organization and also directs all the activities of all the Catholics toward the mission of the church. Canon laws are not only for doctrinal or moral value but also for encompassing of the condition of the human. Both canon laws and sharia laws follow specific principles and traditions which they operate. Islam finds a way to find the peaceful settlement between social law and sharia laws while Christianity follows secular social rules (Dolgoff, 2012).  

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