Qu'ran

There has always been somewhat of an issue between the relationship of religion and government. Many hold that one should not have anything to do with the other. However religion is established upon foundations of morals, honesty, dozens of moral virtues and it has been these foundations which have been abused by the politician giving only more credence to this held belief. The one thing that Muhammad has illustrated is that the relationship between religion and politics is of itself inseparable. Muhammad was attempting the best he could to establish an equal society through this Constitution to the best of his ability. All personal suppositions of religious differences aside the Constitution at that time seems to be not only appropriate and needed but a wonderful idea.

Although there is a vast difference in this Constitution and the rights given in our own American Constitution there are some parallels between the two. The largest one is that the primary reason for each is to clearly establish boundaries for the individual citizen in order to be proactive against issues that may arise, whether it was involving issues with fellow believers or establishing standards by which to treat non believers. Both constitutions are set up using multiple articles as its standard layout; however the Medina is much more heavenly established on religious beliefs than our U.S. Constitution.

The story of Joseph is actually a story that is carried through with some sense of completeness within the Koran. There are some differences such as there is no mention of the famine in Canaan but rather his brothers randomly appear. For the most part however it holds for the most part to the story in our Bible. The story of Jonah in the Koran is much shorter than that of the Biblical account. Most of the main points are hit on and described however many of the details in-between were left completely out.