The Major Religions

Islam: 

• Islam is a monotheistic belief in a god or gods
• it is an Abrahamic religion 
• the book of worship is Qur'an 
• the book is supposed to be the exact words of God
• the Arabic world is mostly Islam
• the people in this religion don't eat pork 
• most Islams live in:
• Indonesia 
• Iran
• Turkey 
• Bangladesh 
• Pakistan 
• India  
• followers are called Muslims 
• it is a belief that God is one 
• its purpose is to love and serve him
• it is the universal version of faith 
• revealed through Abraham  
• they think Muhammad is the savior 
• we think Jesus is the son of God or Messiah 
• Allah is the one and only god who should be worshiped/obeyed 
• they think Allah is perfect 
• no one shares divinity with Allah even the angles 
• Allah never sleeps, gets tired, or dies 
• Allah means God 
• humans in the Islam religion humans are not created in his image 
• humans can ask Allah for anything they want 
• five pillars
• the pilgrimage allows Muslims form all around the world to be able to worship God 
• in 1999 about two million Muslims went to Mecca 
• very ritualized
• they throw seven pebbles at a pillar- symbolizes Abraham 
• they symbolize the completion by cutting off their hair

Christianity:

• there are many different types of Christianity 
• 50.1% catholic 
• 36.7% protestant 
• 1.3% other christian 
• 11.9% orthodox 
• roughly 2.8 billion Christians in the world 
• about 1/3 of the worlds population 
• believe Jesus is son of God and savior of all humanity 
• emerged in the mid 1st century 
• became common to Europe in the middle ages 

Buddhism:

• is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent 
• they have a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices 
• worship Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) "the awakened one" "the enlightened one"
• 6% of the worlds population is Buddhism  
• top five countries that practice Buddhism are China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar (mostly Asia) 
• more of a practice instead of a religion 
• Its a religion based on practices and beliefs 
• second oldest religion 
• more than a million Buddhist in the US