Middle East Map Religion
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Middle east map religion. Virtual israel experience timeline publications news links glossary bookstore. Category modern middle. Apart from being the largest religion in the middle east it is also one of the largest religions in the world. Donate subscribe contact about home.
Middle east religions. Maps of the modern middle east. Islam is the most practiced religion across the region although this can vary by country. Since no discussion about the middle east is complete without consideration for religion this map shows how the region s religious groups are distributed as well as each religion s comparative share.
People of the middle east map 2 sides linking 3 continents key to ethno linguistic groups. Anti semitism biography history holocaust israel israel education myths facts politics religion travel us israel vital stats women. 55 9 sunni muslim 35 6 shia muslim 3 9 christian 1 7 jew and 2 8 other. Armenian turk oriental jew israeli jew lur kurd marsh arab persian tajik pasntun haara turkoman baluch qashaqai druze dedouin yemeni arab egyptian fellahin.
Maps of the modern middle east. One of the things that the middle east is known for is its religious diversity. First was judaism which spread through natural immigration and when romans. The distribution of religions in the middle east.
Research indicates that close to 94 of middle east s population belonged to islam. Anti semitism biography history holocaust israel israel education myths facts politics religion travel us israel vital stats women. Arabs constitute the majority ethnic group in the region followed by turks persians kurds azeris copts jews assyrians iraqi turkmen and greek cypriots. The most widespread religion in the middle east is islam.
Anti semitism biography history holocaust israel israel education myths facts politics religion travel us israel vital stats women. The middle east actually gave europe religion four times including islam but this map shows the first three. The church itself is fairly new 19th century greek orthodow but it is build over an old byzantine church which floor was decorated in ad 560 with a large and detailed mosaic map over all biblical sites in the middle east. Many major religions originated in this region and those religions include christianity judaism and islam among other religious beliefs that have been formed there.
During normal service the map is covered by a carpet but at visitor time the map is revealed. Several major religions have their origins in the middle east including judaism christianity and islam. Religion in lebanon is the most unique clarification needed in the middle east and a mix of religions make up lebanon represented by 59 muslim shi a sunni druze isma ilite alawite nusayri 41 christian maronite greek orthodox melkite and christian churches non native to lebanon like armenian apostolic church armenian catholic church chaldean catholic church roman catholic church assyrian church of the east armenian evangelical church coptic orthodox church of alexandria. Donate subscribe contact about home.
Middle east s muslim population accounts for roughly 20 of the world s muslim population.