World Religions

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World Religions by Mind Map: World Religions

1. Islam

1.1. Islam means Surrender to God

1.1.1. 1 Billion people follow

1.2. They Worship Allah

1.2.1. Masque is what they pray in.

1.2.2. They have 5 Pillars. Belief,Prayers,Fast,Alms,Pilgrimage

1.2.3. Qur'an is their Holy Book

1.3. Men and Women when they pray in a Masque they don't pray together they are in different rooms.

1.3.1. There are two beliefs. The Sunni and The Shia. The Sunni are bigger than the Shia.

1.4. When Muslims fast they can't have food or water all day from 4 in the morning to 8 at night.

1.4.1. When the 30 days are over they celebrate and have a big feast.

1.5. Muhhamad was the messenger of Allah (god)

1.5.1. Kaaba is where Muhhamad died. If your a Muslim once in your life you have to visit where he died and walk around it 7 Times

2. Christianity

2.1. It is the biggest religion

2.2. Over 2 Billion Followers

2.3. Jesus is the founder of Christianity

2.3.1. Bethlehem is where Jesus was born.

2.3.2. The bible is their Holy book.

2.3.3. The Bible is split up into 2 parts the Old and New testaments.

2.3.4. Christians believe that Jesus is the son of god.

2.4. He fasted in the desert for 40 days.

2.4.1. He fed 20,000 people with only 2 fish and 5 loafs of bread.

2.5. He had a lot of followers but also a lot of enemies.

2.5.1. He was soon arrested because his dysyples betrayed him.

2.5.2. He tried to tell people he was mohsiah but they didn't believe him.

2.6. He was whipped with a whip and nailed to a cross and they put a crown of thorns on his head.

2.6.1. 3 Days later after he was barried he rose again then later passed away again.

2.6.2. He died on the cross for our sins.

3. Judaism

3.1. 40 Million People Follow

3.1.1. Jews Refer to their land as the promise land

3.1.2. Jews is what the followers are called

3.2. The jews believed in many gods before Abraham.

3.2.1. Abraham believed in only one god. (monotheistic)

3.2.2. Rabbi is the leader or the Preacher in the Church.

3.2.3. When people read out of the Tanakh they use a pointer so their finger tips don't smudge the writings.

3.2.4. A Tanakh is their Holy book

3.3. Jews were slaves for Egypt

3.3.1. They were forced to make Pyramids.

3.3.2. The Jews were at the Red sea but they couldn't cross and the Egyptians were catching up. Then the Red Sea split and they ran through and when the Egyptians went through God made the Sea come back together and kill them.

3.3.3. The Pharaoh let them leave but he didn't want them to go but they left anyway

3.4. When people invaded the Jews territories a lot committed suicide so they wouldn't be captured.

3.4.1. IN world war 2 60 Jews were killed by the Nazi's.

3.5. Hanaka is like their Christmas. But they celebrate it for 8 days. They have 8 candles and every day they light one candle

3.5.1. They Celebrate a boys 13 birthday. On the boys 13 birthday he has a barmitsfa . That means that he is a full adult.

3.5.2. On their New Year they dip apples in honey to symbolize a good year.

3.5.2.1. On a girls 12 birthday they have a batmitsfa which means she is finally an adult.