Religion In The Middle East

Religion is a fundamental element of human society. It is what binds a country, society or group of individuals together. However, in some instances it destroys unity amoungst these. Religion is a belief in a superhuman entity(s) which control(s) the universe. Every religion has its differences but most strive for a just life and the right morals. The three major groups are the primal regions which consist of African, Aboriginal and Native American religions, Asian which consist of South Eastern Asian religions and Abrahamic religions which consist of Middle Eastern religions. The foci of this essay are the differences between the Abrahamic religion, Christianity, and the Asian region Buddhism as well as making reference to the Islamic

The Middle East is a region contains countries from Africa and Europe. Some of the countries included are Turkey, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Syria (pg 416). This is a pretty big span of countries with different types of lifestyles, including religions and food. The main religions in the Middle East are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Each religion is unique in its own sense and has certain foods that are associated with it.

Religion plays a huge role in today’s day and age. In fact, religion has been of huge importance since cavemen were, well, cavemen. Religion is the factor that keeps many people going in life but at the same time, the same reason our world has so many problems and has been torn apart. Through studying the main tenets in call, Judaism, Christianity and Islam were analyzed for weeks. Christianity and Islam take the cake for the two biggest religions in today’s population however, Judaism plays the smallest role. These three religions, although different, are easily able to be compared and contrasted because of all of the history and information we have attained towards these separate beliefs. I think it is crucial that these religions be studied by people all around the world so that we can be understanding towards other religions, not just our own. Through religious beliefs, things we can learn through teachings and comparing and contrasting we can learn more about Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

On pages 198 through 200, there are six claims that seemingly pander to religion. All of these claims are false because they all assume God exists. Ignoring this, however, I will attempt to give an honest, open-minded response to the best of my ability.

Christianity was born in Bethlehem it took root among people like the Assyrians, who flourished in ancient Mesopotamia. The religion soon found its way to places like modern day Turkey. Basically Christianity traces back to the Middle East but now the religion is trying to survive in the place it was started. Things like isis beheading 221 Egyptian Christians on a beach in Libya. Isis also captured 262 Christians in Syria including women and children. Christians in that nation and nearby Iraq face many horrors. Israelis have been defacing Greek Orthodox seminaries and other places of worship by writing slurs mangling Jesus. The chaos going on in the Middle East has shrunk the population of people openly practicing Christianity. Since the first

This article is about how Muslim extremist groups, more specifically ISIS, are diminishing the practice of Christianity through force and violence. Despite the fact that Christianity can trace its roots to the Mideast, the Christian population is at a decline. In fact, the percentage of Christians in the Mideast has descended from 13.6% in 1910 to 4.2% in 2010. There are two main origins of this issue. Firstly, it isn’t uncommon to hear about Christians being kidnapped or killed by ISIS throughout the Mideast. ISIS continually raid cities that are known to have high Christian populations, giving them two choices; either to convert to Islam, or "death by sword" (being killed). For instance, ISIS raided Assyrian villages in Syria and kidnapped

For centuries, religion has been an undetachable part of the political life in the Middle East. After the Arab spring, the situation in the region and especially Syria and Iraq raises the question regarding the relation between religion and politics. The role of religion, particularly Islam, remains evident in most aspects of the social and political life in the region. Even in the secular states, such as Syria, a large amount of the society practice religion and Islam is an integral part of the state constitution (1973) and political culture. Accordingly, the strong role of religion in the conflicts in the Middle East should not be surprising but at the same time, it does not mean that religion is the source of violence. The hypothesis suggests

I definitely agree that the article is mainly focused on the oppression of Christians in the Middle East. This makes it difficult to determine whether or not Christians face oppression in Western society. I believe that Christians are discriminated against in Western society, but the media does not portray it as much. I think the reason for this may be because the actions against Christians are not as violent as the actions in the Middle East. The media may not view it as important and may choose not to repeatedly broadcast it. This causes individuals to become unaware of those actions and continue to “hate on” Christians. Do you think Christians face oppression in Canada?

In this resource, knowledge is based on religion mostly. The reason I say this is because religion had a massive impact on the middle eastern people. They used religion to gain knowledge and grow from there. There were a few types of religions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Arguably, religion is largely integrated into the culture in the Middle East. Islam is presumably the highest practiced religion in the Middle East. Two prime figures of Islam is the Quran which is an Islamic holy book and their God which is known as Allah. The people of the Middle East have many significant buildings to represent their religious beliefs such as Dome of the Rock which is an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount that resides in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is considered to be one of the most important religious place in the Middle East. Next there is the Kaaba which is a building that is in the center of Islam’s most sacred mosque which is located in Mecca.

One of the outstanding similarities of the three Abrahamic religions aforementioned is that, they all claim a direct lineage to Abraham in their religious texts. The central reference of Judaism Torah, recorded Abraham as the ancestor of the Israelites through the covenant he made with God; in the Christian Old Testament, Jesus told his followers that Abraham is "our father in Faith" (John 8:39); Abraham is mentioned as "the first pioneer of Islam" in Quran. Yet despite the bloody interchanges among Judaism, Christianity and Islam throughout history, Abraham is the underlying tradition that unifies the three faiths together. More importantly, Abraham forms a foundation on which all three religions have built upon and from which each religion has developed different beliefs and ideals that set them apart from

Islam was founded in Saudi Arabia by a prophet named Muhammed. Muhammed is considered to be the greatest prophet in the Muslim faith, the second greatest prophet in the Muslim faith is considered to be Jesus Christ himself. The one main, significant difference between Islam and Christianity is that Muslims do not see Christ as being the Lord, they believe that only Allah, the Arabic name for God, is the one, true lord.

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with over 2 billion Christian, and 1.5 billion Muslim followers. Christianity was founded by Jesus Christ approximately 2000 years ago in Palestine. Bible is collection of 66 books containing a message from God. The Muslim name for God is Allah. Islam is based on revelations received by the prophet Mohammad and originated in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Quran, is the Islamic sacred text. Both are monotheistic religions, which means there is one God. Although Christians believe in Trinity, where God is comprised of three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Islam is a strict monotheism and rejects the concept of Trinity. While Christianity is a most influential in Europe, North and South Americas, Islam is followed by majority in the Middle East and in North Africa. Christianity has three major denominations: Protestant, Orthodox and Catholic. Islam is split into two main sects: Sunni and Shiite ( Comparison, n.d.).

“All religion seem to need to prove that it’s the only truth. And that’s where it turns demonic. Because that’s when you get religious wars and persecution and burning heretics at the stake,” John Shelby Spong, a retired American bishop of the Episcopal Church, stated about religious persecution circumnavigating the globe. In today’s world persecution is a natural reaction to any kind of foreign belief established in a country that is governed by the it’s original religious foundation. An example of this would involve, ISIS terrorizing smaller religious groups like the Yazidi people who practice a form of Islam, but then detoured from Islam’s original ways. Yazidi people are not the only ones; other various foreign religious groups like

The Northern part of Africa (Maghreb) and the Southwestern Asia regions constituting Levant, Anatolia and Mesopotamia are considered to be the birthplace of the world’s 3 major religions. Also, this region accounts for more than 60% of the world’s oil reserves. Religions have had significant effects on the region adding to its strengths and detriments just as has oil contributing to its growth and at the same time its wars.