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Judaism(jews)
-Began abt 2000Bc
-Hebrew pple sttled in wht is nw mainly clled ISRAEL
-monotheist - prent of d othr two major religions
-no single founder
*first leader Abraham
*scripture-Jewish bible(torah)the first 5 books of the old testament
*symbol- 6 pointed star of david
*holies place- western wall,jerusalem(wailing wall)
Christianity
-Bgn about 2,000 yrs ago
-founded by Jesus christ,born in Betlehem
-in d prsent day israel founded christianity
-born into the jewish faith bt intrpreted the Jewish bible in d new way
-blieve in one god
-jesus is the son of god,
-those who follow him wll hve eternal life
*christian symbol is the cross on which Jesus was killed
*more than half of christian r roman catholics, who follow d,leadership of d pope in rome
* large number in southern europe,central&south america n d phillipinnes.
Islam
-fllow d islamic faith
-bsed on a blief in one God
-the last n d greatest of the islamic,prophet was mohammed,who ws born in mecca,saudi arabia.
-after mohammed death,islm split into 2
* d words revealed to mohammed by Allah were later written down in d al-quran
*the quran s a frame work for worship n sign of commitment to d faith.
*sunnis-traditional n continues to follow mohammeds original successor,d caliphs.
*shi'ites-radical who follow mohammeds cousin n son in law,Ali.
*5 pillars of islam
-belief
-worship
-charitable giving
-fasting
-hajj
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