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INew Testament of the Bible. Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament, while Jews and Muslims say that he was just a prophet. In 2020 Christians numbered 2.382 billion worldwide.

The youngest of the three religions is Islam, founded in the year 622 A.D. and just over 1000 years old. Muslims trace their Abrahamic lineage through Abraham’s son Ishmael, from his wife’s maid Hagar.Islam’s founding prophet is Muhammad, who gathered an army of followers, fought and conquered various warring Arab tribes, and united them by creating a militant religion. Unlike the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Qur’an, Islam’s holy book, was written by Muhammad alone. Over a period of 23 years, Muhammad wrote down the revelations he believed he received from the angel Gabriel without additions from other holy or wise authors. In 2020 Muslims numbered 1.907 billion worldwide.

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