Introduction World religions emerged from the Middle East and are all linked to one another. The three religions basically consist of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Islam came up as a result of interaction between Christianity and Judaism whereas Christianity emerged from the Jewish tradition. World religions development has been mainly characterized by tremendous cultural interchange between the three world religions for centuries. Christianity The beginning and foundation of Christianity first came up when Jesus died, shed blood, and resurrected from death. Christianity is based on apostles, prophets, and Jesus as the chief cornerstone. Jesus teaching has clear emphasis of a non-violent religion. Christians believe that Jesus came to save them from their sins and to give them eternal life, and that he is the son of God and equals to God in all ways (Bickel and Jantz 19). Christianity developed from Judaism in which Apostle Paul enabled Christians to develop laws and faith to be different from those Judaism, and through this, Christianity grew into three broad and well developed denominations; Orthodoxy, Romanism and protestants Christians fought crusades to recover the Holy Land from Muslim rule during the middle ages. Although most Christians regret the cruelty and injustice which the Crusades gave rise to, they term it as unavoidable in consideration to the just war rules. These positions are taken by the Methodists, England church and the Roman Catholics. Historic churches that emphasized on peace are the Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, and Hutterites. Christian missionaries undertook to spread Christianity all over the world although there is existence of different forms of Christianity in different parts of the world. Nevertheless, the positions on war are the most faithful to the teaching of Jesus, who advised his followers to turn the other cheek instead of revenging (Bickel and Jantz 19). Judaism The foundation and the beginning of Judaism are based on the covenant God made with Abraham. Abraham’s generation gave rise to the religion of Judaism although Moses is said to be the founder of the religion itself, unlike Abraham who was the genetic father of the generation. Judaism has a direct link to Christianity through Jesus whose background is from the Jewish community in Roman Palestine. Despite this, Christians do not follow the Jewish law. Jews were often discriminated and subjected to violence by Christians. Judaism is characterized by peace as a central teaching of Judaism although the idea of Holy War occurs in the Hebrew Bible, which bases its emphasis on survival and not converting other religions into the Jewish religion. In addition, the religion validates the act of self-defense; however, it puts a clear emphasis on condemning unprovoked aggression and retribution. The Ten Commandments were rules given to the people to guide human beings on how they should live their lives and how they should relate to God. (Bickel and Jantz 45) The big aspect of the Jews is that, for centuries, they have been waiting for the Messiah who will bring blessings upon the people of Abraham who had entered into a covenant with God. The Messiah was to come from Abrahams bloodline and was to come and save not only Abraham’s descendants, but huma