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Christianity ( Abrahamic in origin )

Christianity is the biggest religion of the world which has 2.2 billion believers.  The believers call themselves Christians. They are mostly located in Europe, The Amercias and south Africa. The founder was Jesus and it started in Palestinian province in Rome around 1 A.D. after Jesus died. The Holy land of Christianity is Jerusalem and The holy books for Christianity was The bible, mostly the new testament. Also, there are many Denominations of Christianity, such as  Catholic Church, Eastern Oithodox church, Protestants( Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, etc.) Overall, they believe Jesus is both human and divine, he is the divine son of god and was sent to the land to save his people. There are two kinds of Clergies, Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and  Priests are local authorities. 

Islam ( Abrahamic in origin )

Islam is the second biggest religion of the world which has 1.5 billion believers. The believers call themselves Muslims. They are mostly located in Indonesia, Mid-east and north africa. The founder was  Muhhammad (570-632) and it started in arabian peninsula in 7th century. The Holy land of Islam is Karbala and the Hloy Book of Islam is called Our'an. There are two major Denominations of Islam, which are Sunnis(75-90 %) shiites(10-20%) {they don't like each other very much}. They believe there is one god and his name is Allah. They have Five Pillars, (testimony, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, pilgrimage). Muslims think their purpose in life as serving and submitting to Allah (God), and observing Islamic law. 

Hinduism

Hinduism is the third biggest religion of the world which has 1.1 billion believers. The believers call themselves Hindus. They are mostly located in India and Nepal. The founder was unknow but Hinduism is closer to a way of life than a religion. This may be the oldest religion we have now. Their Holy Land in all in India and the Holy book is the vedas. The teaching in Hinduism is just like a way of life, tells us to be good and nice to everyone around us. The other interesting thing is that Hinduism is located in a small place but has the thrid biggest believers, because it is the major religion of India, which has the 2nd biggest population in the world.

Buddhism

Buddhism has some very interesting data, which is they have between 500 million to 1.5 billion believers, This sounds interesting. They call themselves Buddhists and they are mostly located in southeast Asia, China, Nepal and Japan. Buddhism is even closer to a way of life than a religion, it doesn't have a god and you can believe in two religion including Buddhism, That is interesting, and most religion only agrees with their own god.They ahve Four Noble Truths Which are:
There is suffering
Attachment to desire is the origin of suffering
There is a cessation of suffering
The Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of suffering
By the result of these four truth, the best ways of life are:
Right view
Right intention
Right speech
Right action
Right livelihood
Right effort
Right mindfulness

Right dedication
These are called The Eightfold Path, sounds divine, isn't it?

Judaism ( Abrahamic in origin )
Judaism is the ninth biggest religion in the world and there are 14-18 believers in Judaism. They call themselves Jews and they are mostly located in Israel  and The US. Israel have 75% and the US has 25%, which is a lot! their founder is Abraham in 722 B.C. Their Holy Land is Israel and the Holy Book is Torah (the first five book of the old testament:Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). They think there is only one god and the god is watching people. They also have the other two rules which are called Ten Commandments and 13 Principles of Faith.