Well i would go one step further. I happen to believe that the basic theology of Islam is "wiser". Perhaps that isn't the word i am looking for. I would say more "updated".

However on account of being introduced to mankind later than buddhism, it is yet immature in its practices.

Anyhow my contention is that Islam in its spiritual teaching is much the same as Buddism. There are a few things i would like to bring to people's atention which i think are cool aspects of the religion.

In Islam we are advised to say "asalaam aleikum" when greeting somebody. Many muslims and non-muslims misunderstand this and consider it to be a ritualistic greeting. It is actually not. The direct translation of the phrase is " Peace to you" (or in the vernacular "Peace out dude"

The interesting thing about this is that God isn't involved in this AT ALL. It is a statement of the peaceful intentions of one human to another. Basically when greeting another person griend as wellas stranger you are stating to him/her that you mean no harm.

The problem in implentation of this religion is that those tenets which are meant to ease interhuman interaction are mistaken are obligatory rituals.

Anyhow i dunno how much this really adds to the discussion on this thread, but i just wanted to put this out there.

As per my belief, Buddhism is just an earlier version of Islam. While buddhism is focused purely on the spiritual welfare of the believer, islam is a bit further along in terms of outlining administrative and practical principles as well. Sort of the counteract the potential inaction of the believer.