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Is it safe to be a Christian in Saudi Arabia?
Most Christians in Saudi Arabia are migrants. There are a few Muslim-born Christians, and conversion from Islam is punishable by death. Church buildings are forbidden and so Christians meet in house churches, which are frequently raided. Christians may be arrested, imprisoned, tortured and deported for their faith.
Is Allah a Christian?
Allah is the standard Arabic word for God and is used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims.
Is Canada a Muslim or Christian country?
Religion in Canada encompasses a wide range of groups and beliefs. Christianity is the largest religion in Canada, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. Christians, representing 67.2\% of the population in 2011, are followed by people having no religion with 23.9\% of the total population.
What is the most Christian religious country?
United States
Top ten by numbers (2010)
Rank | Country | Christians |
---|---|---|
1 | United States | 246,790,000 |
2 | Brazil | 175,700,000 |
3 | Mexico | 107,780,000 |
4 | Russia | 105,220,000 |
Where is Islam most popular?
Around 62\% of the world’s Muslims live in the Asia-Pacific region (from Turkey to Indonesia), with over one billion adherents. The largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7\% of the world’s Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1\%), India (10.9\%) and Bangladesh (9.2\%).
Where do most Islam followers live?
The most populous Muslim countries are Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India. The number of Muslims in Indonesia alone (175 million) exceeds the combined total in Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, the traditional heartlands of Islam.
What is the relationship between Christianity and Islam?
Christians consider Islam to be a fellow Abrahamic religion where Christians and Muslims both worship the same God. The majority of Christians view Islam as a false religion due to the fact that its adherents reject the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, and the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.
Is it possible to be both a Muslim and a Christian?
Eugene Webb, professor emeritus of comparative religion at the University of Washington, said that it is possible to be both Muslim and Christian: He said: “It’s a matter of interpretation.
Is it permissible for a Muslim man to marry a Christian woman?
It is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man. It is permissible for a Muslim man to marry a Christian/Jewish woman strictly under these two conditions: She is a true Christian/Jew – not by name and/or ancestral background. She did not renegade from Islam and become a Christian/Jew.
What do Muslims and Christians believe about the Trinity?
Muslims and Christians both believe that Jesus was born to Maryām/Mary, a virgin. Muslims contend that Jesus argued against the division of God’s oneness. Christians do not see the Trinity as implying any division and that Christianity follows God’s command to have no other gods from the Old Testament.