Culture, region
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around the world. The largest
Jewish communities outside of
Israel live in the USA and France.
Like Christianity, Islam has its own religious text called the
Koran, believed to be written by the prophet Muhammad. The
prophet Muhammad, who lived in the 6th and 7th century,
was the founder of Islam. He is believed to be the last
messenger and prophet of God sent to mankind. Besides
other rules, Muslims are not allowed to drink alcohol and eat
pork meat. They meet and pray in buildings called mosques.
Countries where Islam is a major
religion include Northern African
countries like Morocco, Egypt and
Tunisia, Middle-Eastern countries like
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan,
Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and
countries in Persian gulf. Islam also
has many followers in South-Eastern
Asia - mainly in India, Indonesia,
Pakistan and Malaysia.
Judaism is one of the oldest monotheistic religions - the basis of this religion is
the
belief in one God. The most important holy book in Judaism is the Torah [Tora]
. In
many ways, Judaism is very similar to both Christianity and Islam, but there is
very
sensitive a relationship between Jews and Arabs, especially in the Middle East.
In fact, Buddhism is a nontheistic religion, because there is not a real God in
which Buddhists believe. It means that it's not a real religion, more a philosoph
y.
Buddhism is most popular
in South-East Asia. Most
Buddhists live in China even
though it's not the principal
religion there. Tens of
millions of Buddhists also
live in Thailand and Japan.
Buddhism is practiced
worldwide by around 500
million people.
Thanks to its oriental and exotic public image and maybe a bit of mysterious h