The world’s largest religions like Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and others, influence history, culture, and daily life.

2. Islam (24%) Islam, the adherents of which are called Muslims, is the second-most popular religion in the world, with around 1.8 billion followers (approximately 24 percent of the global ...

The Jefferson Center also offers courses on world religions, which involve the close study of major religious texts. In the first place, that means reading, in an open-minded way, the major scriptures ...

So, while it is the second-widest practiced religion in the world, it is actually the youngest of the major world religions. Islam started in the city of Mecca, which is in modern-day Saudi Arabia and ...