HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Question
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Islam
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Judaism
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Christianity
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle East is perceived as predominantly “Islamic” due to the Muslim majority of the region’s population, but large numbers of non-Muslims reside there, and pre-Islamic influences remain significant.
Detailed explanation-2: -The great majority of the world’s Muslims are Sunnis; its followers make up 87 to 90% of the global Muslim population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Zoroastrianism (1500-1200BC) is considered the first Middle Eastern religion expressing all of these previous concepts, although some of its adherents believe in the duality of God. According to these adherents there is a good God (Ahura Mazda) and an evil one (Angra Mainyu).
Detailed explanation-4: -About eight-in-ten (81%) Israeli adults are Jewish, while the remainder are mostly ethnically Arab and religiously Muslim (14%), Christian (2%) or Druze (2%). Overall, the Arab religious minorities in Israel are more religiously observant than Jews.