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Religious Beliefs and Spirituality in Israel

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Israeli’s majority religion is Judaism. In 2005, based on Central Bureau of Statistics of the country, 76.1% of the population was Jewish, 16.2% are Muslim, Christian are 2.1%, 1.6% are Druze, and the remaining 3.9% show no religion preference.

Majority of the citizens in the State of the country are Jewish, and most Israeli Jews observe Judaism in various form. In the United States, Jewish constitutes the largest population and it has parted into Jewish denominations. The biggest and most powerful or prominent of the said denominations are Conservative Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, and Reform Judaism. In the State of the country, the said denominations exist, to changeable level. However, Israelis tend to categorize Jewish individuality in ways that are noticeably unlike from American Jewry.

Majority of Muslims in the country are Sunni Arabs. In 1922, Supreme Muslim Council was formed in the British Mandate of Palestine and chosen Amin al-Husayni (1895-1974) as the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. It was eliminated in 1948, but the Grand Mufti maintained as one of the most disreputable Islamic and Arab organizers of modern period. Israeli Muslims are open to teach Islam to Islamic schools like universities and colleges in the country and in regions.

Currently Christianity is a nominal religious group. Most Christians who live enduringly in Israel are Arabs. Some of the publicly identified churches are Armenian Catholic, Chaldean, Eastern Orthodox, Gregorian-Armenian, Maronite, Melkite, Roman Catholic, Syrian Catholic and Syrian Orthodox churches. At this point several churches particularly in Tel Aviv are established.