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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the south, Egypt to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and the Palestinian territories – the West Bank along the east and the Gaza Strip along the southwest.
The Druze (/ ˈ d r uː z / DROOZ; Arabic: دَرْزِيّ, darzī or دُرْزِيّ durzī, pl. دُرُوز, durūz), who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn (lit. 'the monotheists' or 'the unitarians'), are an Arab and Arabic-speaking esoteric ethnoreligious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, syncretic, and ethnic religion whose main tenets ...
Jun 14, 2018 · Judaism is the most practiced religion in Israel. Religion has played an important role in the shaping of Israel’s history, lifestyle, and culture. Israel is the only country in which the majority of citizens are Jewish. As of 2016, 74.7% of Israel’s population identified as Jewish, 17.7% as Muslim, 2% as Christians and 1.6% as Druze.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee headquarters on Mount Vernon Triangle in Washington, D.C. The Israel lobby are individuals and groups seeking to influence the United States government to better serve Israel 's interests. The largest pro-Israel lobbying group is Christians United for Israel with over seven million members. [1]
Islam. Islam is the most widely followed religion in the Middle East. About 20% of the world's Muslims live in the Middle East, and about 85 percent of people in the Middle East are Muslim. [8] Islam is a monotheistic religion, teaching belief in one God ( Allah) and is based on the Quran. [8] Muslims believe that Muhammad is the final prophet ...
In Judaism, "Israelite", broadly speaking, refers to a lay member of the Jewish ethnoreligious group, as opposed to the priestly orders of Kohanim and Levites. In legal texts, such as the Mishnah and Gemara, ישראלי ( Yisraeli ), or Israelite, is used to describe Jews instead of יהודי ( Yehudi ), or Jew. In Samaritanism, Samaritans ...
Christianity (54.2%) Hinduism (31.0%) Islam (7.5%) None (4.2%) Other (3.1%) St. George's Anglican Cathedral in the capital Georgetown. Religion in Guyana is dominated by various branches of Christianity, with significant minorities of the adherents of Hinduism and Islam. Guyana is a secular state and the nation's constitution guarantees freedom ...
