The brothers were Issac (jewish) and Ishmael (muslim), both sons of Abraham.
Muslims believe that Abraham was the frist muslim in that the one god is both the jewish and muslim god & idol worship is not allowed.
Both regilions follow a legal system of "how to live" instead of the faith based religions where its just "what to believe" - which is why the food stuffs and certain clothing is so important to these religions, as it is part of both their religious identify and their faith.
"In the beginning of the seventh century, the Arab prophet, Muhammad, began to preach the word of Islam. Consumed with religious fervor, the Arabs sought to spread Islam and conquer the world. "
As these religions are over 1000 years old, and yet Sikhism and "Druidism" (made up by the Victorian Golden Dawn movement, supposedly based on what they thought should happen), can't they be classed as "old" religions?
Don't forget tree worship and the worship of animals.. oh, that's PETA isn't it, been around 20 years or so & believe in pushing their views on everyone around them? Back to Ms Bardot, I think...
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