Religion in Asia
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Asia is one of the world's most populous and largest continents, with millions of different peoples following a wide variety of different religions. Asia was the birthplace of most of the world's mainstream religions including Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other beliefs.
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[edit] Abrahamic religions
Abrahamic religions all originated in Asia.
[edit] Bahá'í Faith
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The Baha'i faith is sometimes considered an Abrahamic religion, but is quite different from Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It was founded by Baha'ullah in Western Asia.
[edit] Christianity
Christianity in Asia is a minority religion but widespread. Only two countries are predominantly Christian- the Philippines, the 4th largest Catholic Nation in the world, and East Timor. There is also a large Christian community (40%) in Lebanon and (30-49%) South Korea. There are also many Christians in China, Korea, Russia, Israel and India. Roman Catholicism is the second largest religion in Vietnam.
[edit] Islam
Islam is the majority religion of Asia. South Asia and Southeast Asia contain the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh having more than 100 million adherents each. According to U.S. government figures, in 2006 there were 20 million Muslims in China. In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries.
[edit] Judaism
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Judaism is the majority religion of Israel.
[edit] Qadiani
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[edit] Dharmic religions
The Dharmic religions all originated in South Asia. They all have the concepts of reincarnation, karma and dharma.
[edit] Buddhism
- Buddhism is the majority religion in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. It also has strong minorities in India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia and Singapore . Buddhism was founded by Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha in Nepal and India.
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[edit] Hinduism
Hinduism is the majority religion in India and Nepal, with strong minorities in Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Indonesia, Pakistan. It used to be the majority religion of all of Southeast Asia before Islam and Buddhism. It influenced Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, all founded in the Indian Subcontinent.
[edit] Jainism
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Jains are mostly found in India. Jainism is the fourth largest of Dharmic religions (aka Indian religions).
[edit] Sikhism
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Sikhism is the fifth largest religion in the world. It is a monotheistic religion. Founded by Guru Nanak Dev Ji in the 1500s, the religion professes its roots in the area of Punjab, whose territories form part of India and Pakistan. Sikhism, aided by Sufi movement, formed cornerstone of Bhakti movement in the subcontinent during the latter half of the Second Millennium.
[edit] Taoic religions
The Taoic religions are Shinto, Taoism and Confucianism. Far Eastern religions is a similar grouping, but includes Chinese folk religion.
[edit] Shinto
Shinto is more commonly practiced in Japan than elsewhere.
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[edit] Confucianism
Confucianism was founded in China by the famous philosopher, Kong Fu Zi (more commonly known in English-speaking countries as Confucius).
[edit] Shamanism / Animism
Shamanism has historically been practised in northern Asia as far west as northern Europe.
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[edit] Iranic religions
[edit] Zoroastrianism
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Zoroastrianism was once the state religion of the Iranian Empire, but is now a minority mostly found in India and Iran. It worships a monotheistic god, Mazda, and was founded by Zoroaster. It is the original Iranic religion, and spawned Manichaeism and Mazdakism.
[edit] Manichaeism
Manichaeism was founded by the prophet, Mani. It was once a strong minority in Iran and a majority in Central Asia.
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