World Religious Traditions

Running head : Issues and Traditions among Religions

Current Issues and Traditions Among the World 's Major Religions

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Current Issues and Traditions Among the World 's Major Religions

Judaism , Christianity , and Islam are three of the leading religions in the world today . As of 2007 , it was found that 13 .2 million of the world population believe in Judaism (Jewish People Policy Planning Institute . Islam is said to be the second largest religion right after Christianity , with about one to 1 .8 billion population (Number of

Adherents . Meanwhile , the Christian population continuously occupies one- third of the Christianity , and Islam are all Abrahamic or monotheist religion

Being with the largest population , Christianity is often subjected to controversies . Nowadays , two of the greatest issues it faces are the s on the failure of the Christian priests and the question on the involvement of Christian religion in the affairs of the State . The first issue can be illustrated through the various reports on incidences of priest malpractices and abuse . The most recent one was the claim of a 24-year old man being sexually abused by a priest in Boston . There also have been reports of rape among children against three priests in Hong Kong . Aside from this , reports of priests getting married are putting the credibility of the Christian priests in question . In addition , the issue regarding the Christian Church meddling with the affairs of the government is still a hot issue today . In most Catholic countries , the role of the Church is often being questions as impeding the affairs of the government . In the Philippines , for example , a bill on divorce is being impeded by the Church 's strong opposition against it . The Philippine Catholic Church , on the other hand , refuses that it controls any affairs of the government , but simply states its stand regarding divorce

Islam , on the other hand , also faces current issues regarding the perception of its members and its being associated to terrorism . Muslims are sometimes discriminated because of their look and the way they dress , beliefs and practices , and most of the time , stereotypes . Many people contest their way and logic of marriage , where a man can have as many wife and children as he can as long as he is capable of providing them a good life . For example , in France , the government has imposed a ban that legally prohibits the use of noticeable religious symbols in public schools , including the hijab or the Muslims headscarvers worn by women . This discrimination goes even further when some Muslim begins being associated with terrorism . Osama bin- Laden and Saddam Hussein are two of the men who said to be involved in terrorism attacks and political killings . This made the image of the Muslims appears dirty in the perceptions of the people all throughout the world . Right now , the most wanted terrorist groups are Islamic-based such as Al Qaeda , Abu Sayyaf , Jimaah Islamiyah , and Harakat ul-Mujahidin . The terrorist activities of the said groups and...