1. Religions of the world
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Which symbol is for which religion? 2

2. What questions would you like to ask these people?
Do all religious believers look like this?

3. Religions of the world Objectives
By the end of this lesson you might be able to…
Describe some similarities between the world faiths
Know what the Abrahamic religions are
Consider how people of different faiths should treat each other

4. Islam Christianity Judaism Eastern religions
Where do you think each of the major world religions began?
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Eastern religions

5. The spread of world religions

6. All believe in the God Abraham worshipped

7. The Abrahamic religions
Abrahamic religions all believe that there is only one God.
They say that God is all-powerful
He is all-knowing
He is all-loving
He is eternal
He is separate from the universe
He has communicated with us through prophets
He gives us laws we need to live by
If we are good we go to heaven
Humans are the most important thing on earth
- So we need to be good to all people
Design a poster that shows the most that these religions have a lot in common

8. “All people are equal….as the teeth of a comb” (Hadith)
O mankind, We have created you from a male and female and made you into nations and tribes, that you may get to know one another. (Surah 49:13)
“All people are equal….as the teeth of a comb” (Hadith)
Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31)
Love your neighbour as you love yourself (Matthew 22:39)
Add quotes from other religions if you want.

9. Symbol Founder Place of origin Religious book Interesting fact
Religion
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Symbol
Founder
Place of origin
Religious book
Interesting fact

10. Think of a slogan or rhyme to show all religions are equal

11. The next slides show additional information

12. Different religious groups that make up the UK
What do you think are the statistics for the UK?
Do these figures surprise you ?
Religion
Your answers
Actual %
Christianity
___________%
60 %
Islam
5 %
Hinduism
1 %
Other
2 %
Not stated
7 %
No religion
26 %
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13. How does Tower Hamlets compare?
Religion
Tower Hamlets
UK % (2011)
Christianity
27 %
60 %
Islam
37 %
5 %
Hinduism
1 %
Other
2 %
Not stated
15 %
7 %
No religion
19 %
26 %
2 %

14. Different religious groups that make up the UK
Religion
% from 2011
% from 2001
Christianity
59.5 %
72 %
Islam
4.4 %
3 %
Hinduism
1.3 %
1 %
Other
1.9 %
1.%
Not stated
7.2 %
8 %
No religion
25.7 %
15 %
Information
You can see that there has been a significant change in the last decade.
What do you think the UK will be like in another 10 years?