Jews vs. Muslims — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Jews and Muslims
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Jews
Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים ISO 259-2 Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation [jehuˈdim]) or Jewish people are members of an ethnoreligious group and a nation originating from the Israelites and Hebrews of historical Israel and Judah. Jewish ethnicity, nationhood, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the ethnic religion of the Jewish people, although its observance varies from strict to none.Jews originated as an ethnic and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, in the part of the Levant known as the Land of Israel.
Muslims
Muslims (Arabic: مسلم, romanized: Muslim) are people who follow or practice Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. The derivation of "Muslim" is from an Arabic word meaning "submitter (to God)".
Jews
To bargain shrewdly or unfairly with. Often used with down.
Muslims
Also Mos·lem (mŏzləm, mŏs-) A believer in or adherent of Islam.
Jews
To haggle so as to reduce (a price). Often used with down.
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Muslims
A member of the Nation of Islam; a Black Muslim.
Jews
An adherent of Judaism as a religion or culture.
Jews
A member of the widely dispersed people originally descended from the ancient Hebrews and sharing an ethnic heritage based on Judaism.
Jews
A native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
Jews
Plural of jew
Jews
Nonstandard spelling of Jews
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