RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD: A Reminder

Nadene Goldfoot                                           

Jerusalem, capital of Israel

                                     WORLD RELIGIONS   

CHRISTIANITY:..................2 billion people

ISLAM:..............................1.3 billion people

HINDUISM:...................900 million people

BUDDHISM:.................360 million people

JUDAISM:......................14 million people

On the women's side of the Wailing Wall (Western or Kotel) long long ago
In Jerusalem

                                                      

Jerusalem at Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
where Jews can pray

1967

Today

RELIGIOUS MAJORITIES IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD

56 Islamic

49 Roman Catholic

20 Protestant

12 Eastern Orthodox

4 Hindu

1 Jewish                                  

                                                   

Jerusalem on Temple Mount, Western Wall or Kotel ha Ma aravi
This is the outer retaining wall on the west side of the Temple Mount that was all that remained after 70 CE when the Romans destroyed our 2nd Temple of Solomon.  It became Judaism's holiest site, and for centuries, Jews worshipped at the Kotel and put their prayers, written on scraps of paper, into its crevices.
From 1948 to 1967, Jordan held control here and would not allow Jews on the site.  After 1967's miracle of Israel's winning the war, they again could come here.

           ISRAEL'S SIZE COMPARED TO ARAB WORLD

Israel's land mas is about 1/625 or 1/6 of 1% the size of the Arab World.  Israel's territory is 8,019 square miles.  It is smaller than New Jersey 's 8,729 sq.mi.; California's 158, 302 sq.mi.

Israel is made up of 6 million Jews and 1.7 million Middle Eastern Arabs and Muslims.  Population today is 8,497,214.  

Israel is the only Middle Eastern country where the Christian population is thriving instead of disappearing.  Between 1948 and 1998, Israel's Christians grew fourfold from 34,000 to 130,000.  

Resource: ISRAEL 101, PRODUCED BY StandWithUs

http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/israel-population/