Islam vs. Zoroastrianism

Islam	Zoroastrianism
Founder	Muhammad.	Zarathustra(Zoroaster).
Place of worship	Mosque/masjid, any place which is clean.	Temple
Place of origin	Mecca, Saudi Arabia	Persia
Practices	Five pillars: Testament that there is one God and Muhammad is his messenger (shahadah); prayer five times daily; fast during Ramadan; charity to the poor (zakat); pilgrimage (Hajj).	Fire is used in Zoroastrian worship. Zoroastrians also pray 5 times a day.
Use of statues and pictures	Muslims are not permitted to depict the image of God nor any prophet.	Permitted, there are several drawings regarding Prophet Zoroaster and symbolic images of God (Ahura Mazda).
Literal Meaning	Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to the will of God. The root word means peace.	Follower of Zoroaster.
Concept of Deity	God (Allah) is the only god and is all-powerful and omniscient.	One Good God, Who is in cosmic battle with one evil god.
Clergy	Imam leads congregational prayer in a mosque. Sheikh, Maulana, Mullah and Mufti	Priests.
Goal of religion	Submission to the will of God, peace.	To serve God, by good deeds towards others.
Status of women	It it said in the Quran that all woman are equal to men, and should be treated like any other man.	Equal to men
Birth of Jesus	Virgin birth from Mary.	N/A. They believe that Zarathustra was virgin born.
Second coming of Jesus	Affirmed	N/A
About	Islam is an Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (a decendent of Ishmael) born in 560 AD came to teach pure monotheism, restore the true religion which had been lost. submission to the Will of God, pure monotheism.	Zoroastrianism is one of the most earliest monotheistic faith, in a concept of the one creator God (Known as Ahura Mazda)
Life after death	A Muslim and all the beings will be accountable to Allah on the Day of Judgement.	Eternal life in Heaven, or in Hell.
Scriptures	The Quran/Koran (the direct words of Allah through Angels to the Prophet. Hadith are not holy scriptures but sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.	The Zend Avesta.
Death of Jesus	He did not die, but was taken into heaven by god, and will come back down to earth. He was never crucified.	N/A.
Rites	Five pillars: Prayer, purification, funerals, circumsicion, sharing of animals in thanksgiving, Quran recitation, marriage.	Generally common.
Belief of God	Only one God.	One God.
Time of origin	610 CE	2000 B.C.
Angels	Angels are created from light and remain unseen as they worship and follow God's commands.	Angels serve Ahura Mazda.
Means of salvation	Belief in one God, remembrance of God, repentance, fear of God and hope in God's mercy.	Good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.
Definition	Islam is an Arabic word for "Submission or surrender in Ultimate Peace".Muslim means a believer in One God (Al-Illah or Allah)	Follower of Zoroaster.
Principle	Say, "He is Allah , [who is] One, Allah , the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, Nor is there to Him any equivalent." - Quran: Surah Al Ikhlas	Good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.
Human Nature	Man has equal ability to do good or evil. God has given mankind free will.	equal ability to do good or evil.
View of the Buddha	N/A	N/A
View of Animistic religions	Paganism is idolatry.	Pagan.
Population	There are around 1.5 billion Muslims in the world. Islam is the second-largest faith of the planet and claims to be the fastest growing	Approx. 100,000 Zoroastrians in the world.
Authority of Pope	N/A	N/A.
God's role in salvation	Mercy	Follow God's Commands to do good deeds.
Branches	There is a political division Shia and Sunni Muslims, though it is not doctrinal.	Conservative Parsi, Conservative Irani, Gathas-only, modernists.
Resurrection of Jesus	No because his death is denied in Islam.	Denied
Identity of Jesus	A true prophet of God, born of a chaste virgin mother (Mary). Jesus is highly respected and loved in Islam, but not worshipped or seen as a son of God. Muslims believed that Jesus preached Islam, but his message was corrupted by some.	Denied
Virtue on which religion is based upon	Peace	Kindness.
Abrahamic Lineage	The ancestor of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is Abraham (Ibrahim) through his son Ismael.	N/A.
Names of God	Allah, Rahman, Raheem, Malik, Qudoos etc ( There are 99 in total)	Ahura Mazda.
Clothes	Women must present themselves modestly to cover the hair and body shape. The hands, face and feet may be left bare. Men must be modestly dressed and covered from waist to knee.	Zoroastrians traditionally wear a sacred thread around their waist, the kusti. Both men and women must cover their heads.
Holy days/Official Holidays	Ramadan, Eid-ul Adha, Eid-ul Fitr	Nowruz, Zartusht-no-diso, Jamshid nowruz
Geographical predominance	Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, East Asia (Indonesia Malaysia), and the Balkans	Iran. After Islamic invasion of Iran in the 7th century, some Zoroastrians who did not convert to Islam were allowed to migrated to India and have maintained a community there ever since.
Followers	Muslim (means submitter to God)	Zoroastrians.
Views on the afterlife	Eternal life in paradise or hell.	Heaven and Hell.
Authority of Dalai Lama	N/A.	N/A.
Promised Holy one.	Mahdi	Saoshyant
Ressurection of Jesus	Denied because his death is denied. God raised Jesus to him and he will return before end of time.	Denied
Prophet	Muslims believe in all prophets of the Holy Books, joining over 124,000 prophets who were unknown and unmentioned. Muhammad is the final prophet.	Zarathustra
Concept of God	Concept of the uncreated creator who brought about the universe - God - and that God had revealed a message (Quran) and a messenger (Muhammad)	One God
Geographical distribution and predominance	Islam exists worldwide while it is the dominant religion of the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, and North Africa.	Middle East, Central Asia and Northern India.
Original Language	Arabic	Persian, Gathic Avestan
View of other Dharmic religions	Has no basis in Islam.	Zoroastrianism was founded in protest of worshipping numerous Aryan/Hindu deities.
View of God	God is All Good	God is All Good.
Place and Time of origin	7'th Century AD.	Priests
View of Oriental religions	All Religions were given the book and are people of the book but are FALSE religions	N/A
Prophets	Many from Adam, Abraham, Noah, Jesus etc to Muhammed	Zarathustra (Zoroaster)
Virtue in which religion is based upon	Peace, complete submission to God	Kindness
Belief	Belief in one God,who has sent messengers with revelation and guidance for humanity so they may be guided to Islam (submission to God) & who have came with both good news and a warning, the last & final messenger being Muhammad صلى الله علي	There is a cosmic battle between the Good God, Ahura Mazda, and the evil god, Ahriman.