ABRAHAMIC

Abrahamic religions of Judaism ,Christianity and Islam originated in West Asia . The world's largest Muslim community (within the bounds of one nation) is in Indonesia. South Asia (mainly Pakistan ,India and Bangladesh ) holds 30% of Muslims. There are also significant Muslim populations in China, Iran , Malaysia , the Philippines, Russia and most of West Asia and Central Asia . In the Philippines and East Timor , Roman Chatholicism is the predominant religion; it was introduced by the Spaniards and the Portuguese , respectively. In Armenia , Eastern Orthodoxy is the predominant religion. Various Christian denominations have adherents in portions of the Middle East, as well as China and India. Judaism, one of the smaller yet oldest of the Abrahamic faiths, is practiced primarily in Israel (which has either the largest or second largest Jewish population in the world), though small communities exist in other countries, such as the Bene Israel in India.