01 Islam.
Founder: ProphetMohammad PBUH (570-632 AD) born in Mecca
Founded in: 622 AD
Followed in: West coast of Africa which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Also parts of Northern Africa
Sacred texts: Quran (words of God), Hadis (collection of Prophet's sayings)
Sacred places: Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia
Place of worship:Masjid (mosque)
Important sects:Sunnis and Shias

02 Buddhism
Founder: Gautam Siddhartha Buddha (563-483 BC) born in Nepal
Founded in: 525 BC
Followed in: China, Tibet, Korea, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Japan,Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bhutan and Vietnam.
Sacred text: The Tripitaka (Collection of Buddha's teachings) also called Sutras
Sacred places: Lumbini (Nepal) where Buddha was born, Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
where he received Enlightenment and Kusinagara (UP) where he attained. 'Nirvana'.
Place of worship:Vihar (temple) and Monstery (where Monks reside)
Sects: Mahayana and Hinayana

03 Confucianism
Founder: Kung Fu Tsu, better known as Confucius (551-479 BC) born in the state of Lu in China.
Founded in: 500 BC
Followed in: China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam
Sacred text: The Lun Yu, The Analects
Sacred place: Peking (Beijing) in China
Place of worship:No church or temple

04 Christianity
Founder: Jesus Christ (5 BC to 30 AD) born in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth.
Founded in: 2000 years ago
Followed in: Spread all over the world
Sacred text: Holy Bible consisting of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Christ).

05 Hinduism
Founder: Not Known
Founded in: 1500 BC
Followed in: Concentrated in India and Nepal and also found in Bhutan, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Bali.
Sacred text: The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita and the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
Place of worship:Temple

06 Judaism
Founder: Moses, born in Egypt
Founded in: 1300 BC
Followed in: Worldwide with concentration in Israel and United States
Hal's, found particularly in the five books of Bible, commentary on Torah known s Talmud and Midrash.
Sacred Places: Jerusalem
Place of worship:Synagogue

07 Shintoism
Founder: Began with Japanese culture and developed out of tradition
Founded in: Antiquity
Followed in: Japan
Sacred texts: No specific text
Sacred Places: Central Shrine of Ise (central Japan) and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

08 Sikhism
Founder: Guru Nanak (1469-1539)
Founded in: 1500 AD
Followed in: India
Sacred texts: Guru Granth Sahed
Sacred Places: The Golden Temple of Amritsar
Place of worship: Gurdwara

09 Taoism
Founder: Lao-tse, a Chinese philosopher
Founded in: 6th century BC
Followed in: China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam
Sacred texts: Tao-te-Ching

10 Zoroastrianism
Founder: Zoroaster, Born in Medea (modern Iran) about 660 BC
Founded in: Around 500 BC
Followed in: Iran and north-west India. The Zoroastrians who fled to India during the eight century are the ancestors of the present Parsi Community in India
Sacred texts: Zend vesta
Place of worship:Fire temple



Religion Percentage of world population
Muslims 22
Christians 32.91
Hindus 14
Sikhs 0.34
Jains 0.07
Buddhists 5.99
Jewish 0.33


Religion 5.99 Percentage of world population
Non-religious 14
Atheists 4.46
Chinese folk religionists 4
New religionists 2.44
Tribal religionists 1.75
Shintoists 0.06
Shamanists 0.21
Bahais 0.09
Confucionists 0.11
Other religions 0.22

i think so is ki ibtida tub hui the jub saamri ne bachra banaya tha n hazrat moosa ki qom us ko boojnay lagay thay tub se hidu b usi ko follow kartay hain ..........is it a lil bit right????????

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umm no not exactly. hinduism is an absorptive religion ,so to say, cuz it has been accepting and not rebelling much rather molding the other traditions that it has encountered with. so it doesnt has to have a founder. 2ndly many scholars believe that its deep teachings how some signs of revelation so may be the rishis were the prophets which we muslims arent aware of. in the light of 2nd statement one can comment that it might have some connection with the time of moses however the sacred text do not reckon it nor they provide any evidence-may it be textual- of any founder or specific origin.
just to make you clear it is a totally concept based religion which focuses more on concepts-logical or illogical- than the historical facts. if you meet the hindus they arenot likely to talk over the facts or the origins but they tend to make you understand what is the theme behind the worship that envelops their lives.
hope it satisfies you.
salamz

Islam was not founded in 622 AD, nor was it founded by Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).... This is among very basic concepts of religion of Islam.

According to the teachings, Islam is the religion of the first Messenger of Allah Adam(A.S.) as well as the religion of last Prophet of Allah, Mohammad (PBUH) and of all those Messengers (A.S.) who came in-between. Allah SWT has reffered to Muslims as Milat-e-Ibrahimi in the Holy Quran.


Here are a few verses from the Holy Quran, among many related to this issue.
One needs to be really careful while citing anything about Islam because there is a lot of stuff published by non-muslims on internet. When all other posts should be from authetic sources the posts about Islam must be from authentic Islamic sources.

Islam is not 1400 years old since;
Na tha kuch to Khuda tha...

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i agree with you bushra. just to add -we should also be very carefull while using the web information which usually lack source full knowledge.on the other hand if we use the word "revealed through" instead of "founder" and "revealed in" at the place of "founded" in arabia- that will correct all the concepts. also even jews and christians dont use it but in my opinion we should use "revealed through Moses(AS)" for Judaism as we believe the revelation as the corner stone of our religious journey.
.salamz