Beliefs
This religion teaches its followers to follow the Four Noble Truths and when they are free from all earthly concerns, they would reach nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
Who is Jesus?
Muslims believe this holy book contains the direct word of God, revealed to thier prophet Muhammad.
What is the Quaran?
During church services for this Christian holiday, followers often light candles to symbolize their belief that Jesus is the light of the world.
What is Christmas?
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
Followers of this religion believe that once can achieve unity with God by helping others, mediating, and working hard.
What is Sikhism?
He founded Islam in in Makkah (Mecca) in 610 C.E.
Who is Muhammad?
These are the books in the Christian Bible that describe the life and teachings of Jesus.
What are the gospels?
During this holy month, Muslims fast from dawn until sunset.
What is Ramadan?
The belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
Followers of this religion are expected to fulfill the Five Pillars, whcih include praying 5 times a day, tithing, and a pilgramage to Makkah.
What is Islam?
According to the Tanakh, God made a convenant with this man that if he moved to the land of Canaan, he and his descendants would be blessed.
Who is Abraham?
This symbolizes the harmony offered by Confucianism. Black and white represent two energies.
What is Yin-yang?
This Hindu festival, celebrating the triumph of good over evil, features men, women, and children splashing colored powders and water on each other.
What is Holi?
Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and this form, which emerged in the 1500s, are the main forms of this Christianity.
What is Protestantism?
Followers of this religion believe that if they strive for justice and live moral lives, they will help create a new era of universal peace.
What is Judaism?
He believed that people need to have a sense of duty and that people should treat others the same way that they would like to be treated.
Who is Confucius?
Many Hindues bathe in this Indian river to purify thier soul and be released from rebirth.
What is the Ganges?
Followers of this religion flock to Bodh Gaya, India, where they believe thier founder achieved enlightenment beneath a Bodhi Tree there.
What is Buddhism?
Sikh men often wear long beards and cover thier hair with this headgear.
What is a turban?
According to this religion, every living thing has a soul and souls are reborn in different forms, based on the good and evil acts performed in past lives.
What is Hinduism?
Before he became The Buddha, or the "Enlightened One", Siddhartha Gautama was this royal title near modern-day Nepal.
What was a prince?
The entire collection of Hindu sacred writings, writing in ancient Sanskrit, is called this.
What are The Vedas?
This holiday, the holiest in the Jewish calendar, ends with the blowing of the ram's horn (shofar) and includes fasting for 25 hours.
What is Yom Kippur?
Most Muslims today belong to this group, which brokee apart from The Shia in 632 after a disagreement about who should be the caliph.
What are Sunni?