- 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
- there are about 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
- is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent
- they have a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices
- worship Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) "the awakened 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
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