Religion
According to a 2010 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics study on Israelis aged over 18, 8% of Israeli Jews define themselves as haredim (or Ultra-Orthodox); an additional 12% are "religious" (non-haredi orthodox, also known as: dati leumi/national-religious or religious zionist); 13% consider themselves "religious-traditionalists" (mostly adhering to Jewish Halakha); 25% are "non-religious traditionalists" (only partly respecting the Jewish Halakha), and 43% are "secular". Among the seculars, 53% say they believe in God. Due to the higher birth rate of religious and traditionalists over seculars, the share of religious and traditionalists among the overall population is even higher.
| Religion | Population | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Jewish | 70065569200000000005,569,200 | 75.5% |
| Muslim | 70061240000000000001,240,000 | 16.8% |
| Christian | 7005153100000000000153,100 | 2.1% |
| Druze | 7005121900000000000121,900 | 1.7% |
| Unclassified by choice | 7005289800000000000289,800 | 3.9% |
| Year | Jews | Muslims | Muslim Percentage |
| 1950 | 1,203.0 | 116.1 | 8.80% |
| 1972 | 2,752.7 | 360.6 | 11.58% |
| 1995 | 4,522.3 | 811.2 | 15.21% |
| 2000 | 4,955.4 | 970.0 | 16.73% |
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of Israel
Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“There is more religion in men’s science than there is science in their religion.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I fancy it must be the quantity of animal food eaten by the English which renders their character insusceptible of civilisation. I suspect it is in their kitchens and not in their churches that their reformation must be worked, and that Missionaries of that description from [France] would avail more than those who should endeavor to tame them by precepts of religion or philosophy.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he “lives” his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.”
—George Gurdjieff (c. 1877–1949)