Top 10 Religions in the World
When it is about Religion than several things come to our
mind like view about the entire life of humanity, different beliefs,
spirituality and systems of the culture of followed religions. According to the
World Guinness Book of Records, Islam is the only religion that is growing very
fast as it has a large number of conversions every year. Many people around the
planet prefer not to believe in gods but yet there are a lot more in the world
whose beliefs could never be shaken.
Here are listing the Top 10 Religions in the World:
1: Christianity (2.04 Billion followers)
2: Islam (1.226)
3: Catholicism (1.142)
4: Hinduism (828 million)
5: Agnosticism (639)
6: Buddhism (367)
7: Atheism (150)
8: Anglicanism (85.4)
9: Sikhism (23.8)
10: Seventh-Day Adventists (16)
Islam Religion came into being by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in
610 AD. The followers of Islam are recognized as Muslims, and their beliefs are
Allah, Muhammad, Quran and Sunnah. Islam is the second top religion in the
world and also an oldest one. All Muslims read a book of Holy Quran. Islam is
split into two main groups, i.e. Sunni and Shia, in which only 10 percent of
overall Muslim are Shias while the remaining 90 percent are Sunnis. Islamic is
also an Abrahamic religion same like Bahaism and Judaism.
Bahaism Religion was founded in 1900 AD by Mirza Husayn Ali,
also known as Bahaullah. In the 19th century, the religion was initially
originated in Iran where Bahaullah preached the Bahaism. Later he was
persecuted many times, and after being captured in prison he died in Palestine.
The followers are recognized with the named of Babis and Bahai. The Holy book
of this certain religion is Kitab al-Aqdas. It follows the path of Abrahamic
teachings and now spreading all over the Middle Eastern nations and few other
parts of Asia.
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