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- Christian funeral rites:
- Some Christians prefer to be buried
while most others want to be
creamted
- At the funeral, a passage is read from the Bible.
- Some songs may be sung
- The minister/family
members/friends will talk
about the person
- At the end of a burial service, the words "EARTH TO EARTH,
ASHES TO ASHES" are said to remind us that God is in charge
- Muslim funeral rites:
- Before a Muslim dies, the Adhan will be
final words he hears
- Body will be washed
and prepared for
funeral
- Imam leads the prayers at the
mosques and graveyards
- Funeral usually takes place
in 24 hours and only men
attend
- Funeral should be as simple as possible
- How do people respond to God?
- Muslims pray five times
a day as requires
- Giving money to charity
- Christians read the
Bible and pray
- Christians tell others
about God and His
beliefs
- Christians worship God
at home and in Church
- Muslims go on
pilgrimage to Hajj
- Living the sort of life that God requires
- Kindness
- How do people experience God?
- Awe
- A revelation
- Prayer
- Reading a Holy Book
- A miracle
- Islam and Symbols
- There are 99 names of Allah that
express His qualities e.g. Allah the
Forgiving
- The headscarf is a
sign of honesty,
modesty and
comittment to Islam
- The crescent moon and star symbolise that the Muslim
faith will grow as the moon does throughout the month
- Christianity and Symbols
- Cross is mostly used to remind
Christians of how much Jesus
sacrificied to give them life
- Candle is used as a symbol of light
and of good overcoming darkness
- The trinity is symbolised by water, ice,
steam or a three leafed clover
- Christianity and
the Afterlife:
- Souls stay on after death
- They will go to either Heaven or Hell depending
on whether you have accepted Jesus
- Heaven is paradise while Hell is a
place of torment and pain
- Islam and the Afterlife (akhirah)
- Life is a test and how we act in it will
determine where we will go in the afterlife
- Allah is in control; nothing is accidental
- We will stau in our graves until Judgement Day, when Allah will
judge us and when we will go to either Heaven or Hell