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

2. 3 main Religions
Christianity
Judaism
Muslim

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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10. Resources http://christianityinview.com/xncomparison.html
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