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Islam and Buddhism

ligion. As a result, conflict, injustice and cruelty will come to an end.

Instead of anxiety and repression, humanity will live in comfort,
peace, security and prosperity. The whole world will be filled with
plenty and abundance.
In Islam, as well as in Judaism and Christianity, there is the belief
in the Mahdi, the Messiah, and the End Times. The Bible—made up of
the Old Testament (the Torah and other Jewish writings) and the New
Testament (the four gospels and other books and letters)—offers sev-

eral descriptions of the end times. The gospels especially deal
with the coming of Jesus (peace be upon him) and show im-
portant parallels with what is written in the Qur'an and
in the sayings of the Prophet (may God bless him and
grant him peace).

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