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:
“To sum up:
1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute.
2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.
3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“My religion is no garment to be put on and off with the weather. You had better know that, all of you. I shall worship as I please and hope for all men to worship as they please in Scotland.”
—Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)
“A chaplain is the minister of the Prince of Peace serving the host of the God of War—Mars. As such, he is as incongruous as a musket would be on the altar at Christmas. Why, then, is he there? Because he indirectly subserves the purpose attested by the cannon; because too he lends the sanction of the religion of the meek to that which practically is the abrogation of everything but brute Force.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)