How many Muslims are Christians?

Overall, there are about 2.3 billion Christians in the world and 1.8 billion Muslims.
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What is the percentage of Christians and Muslims?

"As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31 percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth," the Pew report says. "Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent of the global population."
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How many people practice Christianity and Islam?

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, with 2.6 billion and 1.9 billion adherents, respectively.
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What is the largest religion in Christianity?

Catholicism – 1.345 billion

Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity with 1.345 billion, and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. Figures below are in accordance with the Annuario Pontificio, at 2019.
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Which religion is the most populated in the world?

Of the world's major religions, Christianity is the largest, with more than two billion followers.
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Muslims vs Christians population by country || 1950-2100



What country has the most Christians?

The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia and the Philippines.
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What are the top 3 religions in the US?

Religion in the United States
  • Protestant (42%)
  • Catholic (21%)
  • Mormon (2%)
  • Orthodox Christian (1%)
  • Unaffiliated (18%)
  • Atheist (5%)
  • Agnostic (6%)
  • Jewish (1%)
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Who is founder of Islam?

The rise of Islam is intrinsically linked with the Prophet Muhammad, believed by Muslims to be the last in a long line of prophets that includes Moses and Jesus.
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Who is Muhammad in the Bible?

The name of "Muhammad" is frequently mentioned verbatim in the Gospel of Barnabas, as in the following quote: Jesus answered: "The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour.
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Do Muslims believe in the Bible?

Belief in the Books of God: Muslims believe that God revealed holy books or scriptures to a number of God's messengers. These include the Quran (given to Muhammad), the Torah (given to Moses), the Gospel (given to Jesus), the Psalms (given to David), and the Scrolls (given to Abraham).
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What does the Quran say about the Bible?

The Quran mentions the Torah ("Tawrat"), the Zabur ("Psalms") and the Injil ("Gospel") as being revealed by God to the prophets Moses, David and Jesus respectively in the same way the Quran was revealed to Muhammad, the final prophet and messenger of God according to Muslims.
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Which is the best religion in the world 2022?

Hinduism - 1.16 billion. Buddhism - 507 million. Folk Religions - 430 million. Other Religions - 61 million.
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What percent of the world is atheist 2021?

According to sociologists Ariela Keysar and Juhem Navarro-Rivera's review of numerous global studies on atheism, there are 450 to 500 million positive atheists and agnostics worldwide (7% of the world's population) with China alone accounting for 200 million of that demographic.
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Which religion is the most persecuted?

Between 2007 and 2017, the PEW organization found that "Christians experienced harassment by governments or social groups in the largest number of countries"—144 countries—but that it is almost equal to the number of countries (142) in which Muslims experience harassment.
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How did Muhammad look like?

He had black eyes that were large with long lashes. His joints were rather large. He had little hairs that stood up, extending from his chest down to his navel, but the rest of his body was almost hairless. “He had thick palms and thick fingers and toes.
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Who wrote the Quran?

Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death.
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Why Islam is the final religion?

It is simply the last of the divine messages to reach humankind through Prophet Muhammad, who was chosen by the Creator as the bearer of his last and all-encompassing revelation. This explains why there exists a strong link between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
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Does Japan have religion?

Contents. The Japanese religious tradition is made up of several major components, including Shinto, Japan's earliest religion, Buddhism, and Confucianism. Christianity has been only a minor movement in Japan.
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What religion is in Russia?

The most widespread religion in Russia is Russian Orthodox Christianity. The Orthodox faith is very strict. Upon entering a church, women must cover their hair, while men have to take off any headwear. There are a number of rules on how to behave in church and the service itself also follows a strict order.
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How many people convert to Islam every year?

According to The New York Times, 25,000 Americans convert to Islam every year.
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Which religion came first in the world Christianity or Islam?

'Islam is the oldest religion in the world, founded by Adam, and it was reborn with Abraham and a second time with Muhammad. Between Abraham and Muhammad, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity emerged in this order. Then Sikhism emerged after the time of Muhammad. These are the six world religions.
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Which country has the most Muslims?

The country with the largest number of Muslims overall is Indonesia, which is home to an estimated 231 million Muslims. This is 86.7% of the Indonesian population and nearly 13% of the world's total population of Muslims.
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