Though many think of Israel as being strictly Jewish, there are, in fact, more than that single religion within Israel. Although Jewish is quite definitely the majority religion in Israel, other religions, including Christianity, Islam and smaller religions are existent. This is much of the reason why there is so much turmoil in this small country.
Judaism in Israel is predominant making up 75.4% of the population, contributing to the fact that Israel is the only country in the world in which a majority of the population is of the Jewish religion. That 75.4% is divided into various sects and degrees of faith. 42% of that 75% is considered to be secular Jews. Secular Jews are immigrants to Israel. When the first migrated they very often established their own communities away from traditional Israeli cultures. They travelled to Israel due to the belief that being in Mecca when the messiah returns is of extreme importance. Secular is the largest division of Jews that exists in Israel followed by 25% who identify themselves as "non-religious traditionlists, who don't adhere strictly to Judaism but follow cultural traditions of Israel, if not the religion itself. Next there are religious-traditionalists at 13%, followed by religious at 12%, and finally the Haredim's who makeup 8% of the population of Israel, who are extremely orthodox and strictly follow all of the Jewish religious laws. Although Jews comprimise most of the population there are other religions as well.
The other religions that exist in Israel are made up by the Arab population. Islam comprises of 82.7% of the population. 8.3% of the Arab population are Druze, who follow their own separate religion which is said can be traced back to Moses's father who started his own religion separate from Moses and Judaism. The remaining 8% of the population is comprised of Christians.
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