- Islam is a monotheistic belief in a god or gods and is an Abrahamic religion
- Muslims most live in Indonesia, Iran , Turkey, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
- The Qur'an book is like our bible
- Followers of Islam are called Muslims
- It is a belief that God is one, and the purpose is to love and serve him
- It is also believed that Islam is the universal version of faith, and was revealed through Abraham, Jesus, and Moses
- Allah
- Allah is the one and only god who should be worshiped and obey
- Allah is absolutely and completely perfect to them
- No one shares divinity with Allah, neither angel nor human
- Allah never sleeps, gets tired, or dies
- Humans are not created in Allah's image
- Humans can ask Allah for anything they want
- 5 pillars of Islam practices
- they must pray 5 times a day (get on the ground and face Mecca)
- Haji means pilgrimage, which is the process of becoming Islamic
- the haji consists of several ceremonies
- they sacrifice sheep and the meat is distributed to friends
Christianity
denominations are:
- roman catholic Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran protestant Methodist Mormon Jehovah's witness Quaker orthodox
- 50 percent of Christians are catholic
- population there are roughly 2.8 billion Christians in the world about 1/3
- Christianity emerged in the Levant in the mid 1st century, Christianity spread Jerusalem throughout the near east.
- BUDDHISM
- a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and practices largely based on teachings.
- 6% of the worlds population is Buddhism
- the top 5 countries that practice Buddhism are china, japan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar
- one of the oldest practices
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