1 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CONCEPT OF GOD IN ISLAM AND BUDDHISM BY SHUAIBU UMAR GOKARU Ph.D. CANDIDATE, DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION, ACADEMY OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, 50603 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA; ASSISTANT LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF ISLAMIC STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS AND EDUCATION, BAUCHI STATE UNIVERSITY, GADAU BAUCHI-NIGERIA Gmail: gokarushuaibu@gmail.com. A PAPER RESENTED AT TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TAWHID AND THE WORLD-SYSTEM: GOD-CONSCIOUS ORGANIZATION AND THE CONSCIOUS SOCIAL ORDER ON DECEMBER, 2013 AT INSTITUT LATIHAN ISLAM MALAYSIA (ILIM), BANGI, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA