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’s no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)
“Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“As for Hitler, his professed religion unhesitatingly juxtaposed the God-Providence and Valhalla. Actually his god was an argument at a political meeting and a manner of reaching an impressive climax at the end of speeches.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)