Subject:religion religions of the world

Many of today's religions are very similar and common to basic religions such as animism, divination, rites of passage, taboo, sacrifice, myth etc. In essence basic religions are the religions and total culture of prehistoric people. I find some familiar features in my religion that are influenced by basic religions. My religion is Islam and regardless of the differences of the religions there seem to be some similarities between them. Myth is one of the …

…most religions are comparable to each other. Well the resemblance between Islam and basic religions were very appealing. It was surprising to find out that how a prehistoric religion could relate this much to today's religion. Bibliography 1.Hopfe, Lewis M and Woodward, Mark R. Religions of the world. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2001. 2.Ahmed, M Shafique *Eid-ul-Azha*, The Festival of Sacrifice <http://www.pakissan.com/english/advisory/eid.ul.azha.shtml>