ABSTRACT
In this area too we can discern some parallels and some distinctions between the two traditions. Both refer in some way to morality, so that both discourage murder, theft and adultery and encourage concern for the vulnerable, respect for property, and support of the family, but the mechanism used by the two traditions to achieve these ends differs, with the Islamic community laying the primary emphasis on law, with ethics as subsidiary, whereas within the Christian tradition the order of priority is reversed, and the Islamic community perhaps laying more stress on the communal aspect of morality and the Christian community stressing the individual dimension to a greater extent.
