The term “religion” can be defined in many ways, so there is no definitive way to describe the term. Religion is therefore “any specific system of belief concerning a deity, often involving rituals, a code of ethics and a philosophy of life”. The world's population, approximately 6.5 billion people, is linked in one way or another to specific geopolitical and sociocultural aspects that unite them. There are a number of religions in the world today, the five largest in terms of population representation being: - Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam. Each having evolved in its own way, some have remained intact while others have split into different factions for a number of reasons, with examples seen in the Christian and Islamic religions. These major religions have had strong representations, reduced on a regional basis, where some are the main or only religious representations of these regions. Confucianism and Buddhism are widely represented in the Asia-Pacific region, the Hindu religion is widely represented in the India region, Christianity is in Europe, North and South America and Sub-Saharan Africa and Islam is strongly represented in the Middle and Far East. and in North Africa. The world's different religions have had significant impacts on the geopolitics of different regions, with the impacts and results being felt in their social fabric. The religion of Islam The name Islam is derived from "salam", an Arabic word often used interpreted to mean "peace" or "submission". A Muslim is therefore a person who submits to the will of Allah (God). Islam, a monotheistic religion...... middle of paper ...... worded differently between the two religions, with Christianity advocating the "marriage of one man and one woman", while the Islam has provisions under which a man can marry. up to a maximum of four wives. The two religions share on the question of circumcision, while diverging on the question of baptism which is only present in Christianity. In conclusion, both religions share many aspects such as the origin, belief in God, his angels, his revelations, the day of judgment and resurrection. among others. Muhammad referred to both Jews and Christians as the “People of the Book,” thereby accepting the legitimate existence of both. Differences have emerged which continue to have major consequences in the current global context and are the cause of much tension, conflict and bloodshed where extremism prevails on both sides. Religious intolerance is one of the main problems that aggravate this discordance between the two.