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    Jan 28, 2014, 12:27 PM
    Is the term Jew a religion or people?
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    My question is the quran says that prophet Ibrahim was not a Jew yet sheik ahmed deedaat said in his lectures that most prophets were Jew. What I don't understand is that is the term JEW a religion or people?
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    Jan 28, 2014, 12:44 PM
    They are both...
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    Jan 28, 2014, 01:27 PM
    Judaism is a religion, Jews are a people. According to Jewish law anyone who's mother was Jewish is a Jew. Whether they practice Judaism as a religion or not.
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