Abrahamic religions

An Abrahamic Religion is a religion whose followers believe in the prophet Abraham. They believe Abraham and his sons/grandsons hold an important role in human spiritual development. The best known Abrahamic religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Smaller religious traditions sometimes included as Abrahamic religions are Samaritanism, Druze, Rastafari, Babism and Bahá'í Faith. Mandaeism (a religion that holds many Abrahamic beliefs) is not called Abrahamic because its followers think Abraham was a false prophet

Symbols of the three largest Abrahamic religions: the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross, and the star and crescent used to represent Islam.

True Abrahamic religions are monotheistic (the belief that there is only one God). They also all believe that people should pray to God and worship God often. Among monotheistic religions, the Abrahamic religions have the world's largest number of followers.

Religions

Religion	Founded in	Claims descend from	Central symbol	Central scripture	Central figure	Adherents	Population
Christianity	1st century CE	Isaac and Joseph	Christian cross	Christian Bible	Jesus	Christians	2.4 billion
Islam	7th century CE	Ischmael	Star and crescent	Quran	Muhammad	Muslims	1.9 billion
Judaism	20th–18th century BCE	Isaac and Joseph	Star of David	Tanakh	Moses	Jews	14 million
Bahá'í Faith	19th century CE	Keturah's children	9-pointed star	Aqdas	Bahá'ullah	Baha'is	10 million
Druze	11th century CE	Ischmael	Druze star	Hikmah	Hamza	Muwahiddun	5 million
Samaritanism	20th–18th century BCE	Isaac and Joseph		Pentetuch	Moses	Samaritians	820 followers

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