In excess of 1,700 Indonesian maids are “languishing in different jails” around Saudi Arabia, most on alleged charges of immorality, while another 300 are sheltering in Indonesian Embassy shelters because of non-payment of wages or torture, it was reported on Thursday.

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So Muharram...

Question:

Do jews have any religion?

does anyone knows what jews believe. what is a jew.

please reply. ideally jewish members of forum should answer this coz everyone else will give only biased opinions. i just want to know, i was asked in a lesson and i was stuck.
what on earth do jews believe?

please give here some of their important beliefs,
eg top ten beliefs that jews must have inorder to be jews.

i can tell you mine:

1. God is only one, not 2 or three or thousand.

2. Muhammad (pbuh) is messenger of God sent to guide us all to the truth. He is higher than all prophets such as Abraham, Moses, David.
He never contradicted their teachings because their source is the same ie God.