Religion in the Middle East Geography 3rd hr Marcus, Abby, Tanner, Gunner

3 main Religions Christianity Judaism Muslim

Christianity Believe in Jesus is son of the god Holy spirit Jesus founder of Christianity Different division( Orthodox,Protestant, and Roman Catholic) Read the Bible

Judaism monotheism believe in one god( Messiah) One oldest religion in the world Different division (Hasidic, Conservative and reform) Different ethics grouping Read The Hebrew Tanakh Conservative believe the Bible is the world of god

Islam Founded by Mohammed God is creator of everything Humans will be judged on their actions Read the Quran or Koran Different Divisions( Sunni and Shia) Shia care about the afterlife and dieing for religion Sunni care about the god power in present world

The major cities of the middle east Iran is 55% population is persian Turkey is 85% population is Turkic Israel is 82% population is jewish Most of the people practice islam and there muslim Kurds is a group of people that throughout Iraq ,Syria, Iran,and turkey

Why is it called the Holy Land? This place is considered to be where god originated his relationship with human beings. There has been lots of fighting over this land due to the strong belief that it is special and extremely precious land.

How are they Linked? Christianity, Judaism, and Muslim are all ways of religion in the Middle East and they are similar, yet very different. They all have multiple divisions of the religion Have millions of followers, Christianity and Muslim have billions. They all worship one god They all believe in their own version of “Hell” All have specific rituals that they follow They all have Jesus in their history.

Video https://youtu.be/3inhQffPlAI

Resources http://christianityinview.com/xncomparison.html http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/meast/mepeo.html https://youtu.be/3inhQffPlAI http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/631524/Sunni-Shia-Muslim-Explained-Islam- Islamic-Caliph-Prophet-Mohammed-Iran-Saudi-Arabia-Cleric