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Actually, Islam isn't that old. It was founded after the advent of Christianity. Comparatively, when you count the new uprising of ancient tribal religions, and the revamping of ancient Egyptian, Summerian, Roman, and Greek traditions, Judaism isn't that old either.
Eventhough Hinduism isn't just one religion, it's still probably the oldest surviving (in several groups original orchestration) on Earth. Sanskrit is the oldest ancestor still spoken of English and the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian)
Also, the Chinese shamanic practices which led to Taoism and Confusionism are pretty fuckin' old too.
Our Western mindsets tend to stop on the Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), when in fact, these religions are the newest traditions.
Also, Buddhism was established closer to the time of Judaism. It was a BCE religion (before common era) making it older than both Christianity and Islam.
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