The Middle East: The Birthplace of Three Major World Religions

October 2016 Religion and Politics Religion plays a central role in Middle Eastern politics, in part because political struggles have for centuries been understood as religious conflicts and in part because of the intimate ties of the three Abrahamic faiths in the region. The middle east is the birthplace of the world’s three Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The fact that religion and politics have a long history in the Middle East does not mean that religion is always, or

meaning and purpose of life. Religions try to answer the curiosity people have about there being a higher source, typically identifying this greater domination as God. Some beliefs teach that there is only one G-d this is defined as a monotheistic religion. Some examples of monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Although each sect has a different perspective on teachings and beliefs they have one common thread; the belief in a singular deity. Each religion has a different perspective

     The Middle East is a region in Southwest Asia that includes the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, U.A.E., Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. The aspects that make up all that is geography in the Middle East include physical geography, economic geography, religion, and human history. The Middle East is known for its physical geography, being the largest area of dry climate in the world.      Southwest

life for your religion? Middle Eastern Christians are not persecuted because they are criminals, but because of what they believe. They simply want the freedom of faith and religion that Americans experience every day. Each day, Christians in the Middle East are slaughtered, tortured, raped, kidnapped, beheaded, and forced to flee the birthplace of Christianity. If these indignities continue, Christianity in the Middle East could disappear. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East is not new

WORLD RELIGIONS AND THE NORTH AFRICA/SOUTHWEST ASIA REALM Nancy Brown Walden University The realm of North Africa/Southwest Asia is a site of rich oil and natural gas deposits, economic growth and international relationships. The realm is also the birthplace of the three major world religions; Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Centuries of conflict lie at the heart of this realm due to differences in religious beliefs. In reviewing the scripture readings presented for this lesson, each

Many people in out fast pace progressive world today are very accepting of things just the way they are. In recent times, many like to rush to assumptions and ask few questions. It's not rare for our young millennial's to get their news from Jon Stewart and the comedy central channel and it's rare for most to research or even ask questions like, . . . What happened? . . . How did it start? . . . or Who initiated this? Curiosity seems to elude much of our young society. However, I of an inquiring

Introduction: Middle East considers one of the most studied areas in the world due to its rich history of politics, social, economic, and its culture and civilization. Its borders are still arguable geographically, generally in the west it starts from morocco until Iran in the east, however, many scholars don’t agree on including Turkey either as a Middle Eastern or as a European country (Milton-Edwards, 2006. P: 4). The origin of the name was invented by the colonies as a necessity to describe

of cultures as well as religions. It has an significant past with three major religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. It is quite remarkable that Southwest Asia has been a holy place for all three, and although it causes turmoil it is important to understand the three religions and their customs. Such information may help us not to judge so quickly or perhaps to grow in our knowledge about the world. Hopefully this will help everyone to have a wider view of the world than just the town they

Culturally, the Islamic world lacks fluidity and harmony between various sects which often calls for militant and harsh actions. Additionally, the expansion of globalization rooted in economics allowed for terrorism to spread across continents and to conduct attacks such as in 2001. Finally, religion appears as a hub and manual for numerous terrorist organizations. With numerous religions promise rewards for the afterlife, many terrorists follow these instructions

As of 2010, there are 1.6 billion people in this world (about 23% of the population) that claim to be Muslims (practicers of the Islamic faith), and Islam is currently the fastest-growing major religion in the entire world (Lipka 2016). Therefore, it is important for us as Christians to understand Islam and how to deal with it, as we will likely have a greater amount of contact with Muslims as their numbers increase. In order to understand Islam properly, it is necessary to look at its founder, Muhammad