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Other Islamic nations are not so tolerant of minority religions: Saudi Arabia limits religious freedom to a high degree, prohibiting public worship by other religions. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan is considered intolerant by many observers. Some ancient Buddhist monuments, like the Buddhas of Bamyan, were destroyed as idolatrous.
Religious studies, also known as religiology or the study of religion, is the study of religion from a historical or scientific perspective. There is no consensus on what qualifies as religion and its definition is highly contested.
In comparison to the other Abrahamic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - the number of adherents for Baháʼí faith and other minor Abrahamic religions are not very significant. Out of the three major Abrahamic faiths, Christianity and Judaism are the two religions that diverge the most in theology and practice.
Islamist author Muhammad Qutb (brother, and promoter, of Sayyid Qutb) in his influential book Islam, the misunderstood religion, states that "science is a powerful instrument" to increase human knowledge but has become a "corrupting influence on men's thoughts and feelings" for much of the world's population, steering them away from "the Right ...
The term Abrahamic religions (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. [4] It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse but also has entered academic discourse.
ʿIlm al-kalām (sometimes also called uṣūl al-dīn, "the roots of religion"): speculative theology / and some reasoning [2] ʿIlm al-lugha: Arabic grammar; ʿIlm al-tafsīr: interpretation of the Qur'an. ʿIlm al-naskh: the study of abrogation (parts of the Qur'an which supersede or cancel other parts)
While other branches of Islam generally focus on exoteric aspects of religion, Sufism is mainly focused on the direct perception of truth or God through mystic practices based on divine love. Sufism embodies a number of cultures , philosophies, central teachings and bodies of esoteric knowledge .
Exogenous criticism of other religions where there may be vegetarianism Endogenous criticism of behaviors within one's own religion Epistemological concerns about relative legitimacy of religious grounds for vegetarian practice in light of modern science grounds for vegetarian practice