Monotheistic Religions

	Islam	Christianity	Judaism
# of Followers	20% (1.2 billion)	33% (2 billion)	0.2% (14.5 million)
Areas of the world where the religion is most popular	South Asia	Latin America	Israel (highest %) US (most Jews)
Name of Deity	Allah (G-d)	G-d	G-d (Yahweh)
Founder	Muhammad	Jesus	Abraham
Symbol	Cresent Moon Islamic calendar is lunar and the five points of the star represent the Five Pillars of Islam.	The Cross & The Fish The cross represents the crucifiction of Jesus which represents Jesus's love for humanity by dying for its sins. The fish represents that his followers are fish of men.	The Star of David The Star refers to King David who ruled the Kingdom of Israel from 1000-962 BCE.
Holy Text	Qur'an	The Bible	The Hebrew Bible (including the Torah)
Leadership	No clergy-- scholar class called "ulama" and the "imam" who can lead prayers	Priests, Ministers, Monks, Nuns, and Pope (for Catholics)	Rabbis
Major Sects (branches of religion)	Sunni and Shi'a	Catholic: Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Protestant: AME, Lutheran, Episcopal, Baptist, Morman, Church of G-d, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian	Reform, Orthodox, Conservative
Basic Worshipping Practices	Persons achieve salvation by following the Five Pillars of Islam and living a just life Five Pillars: Faith (that Allah is the one and only G-d and Muhammad is his prophet), prayer, almsgiving (charity to the poor), fasting (Ramadan), and Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)	There is only one G-d who watches over and cares for his people Jesus Christ was the son of G-d. He died to save humanity from sin. His death and resurrection made eternal life possible for others.	There is only one G-d who watches over and cares for his people G-d loves and protects, but also holds people accountable for their sins and shortcomings Persons serve G-d by studying the Torah and living its teachings

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