Notes from packet

Islams branches
Summi- comes from the Arabic word for "people following the traditions of Muhammad"
Shiite- Comes from the Arabic word for "party" or "support group"
Shiite Islam is divided into three principal schools of thought, based in part on disputes over leadership after the prophet Muhammad
In Europe, Muslims account for 5% of the population. France has the largest Muslim population, about 4 million, a legacy of immigration from predominately Muslim former colonies in North Africa. Germany has about 3 million Muslims, also a legacy of immigration, in Germany's case primarily from Turkey.
Estimates of the number of Muslims in North America very widely, from 1 million to 5 million, but in any event, the number has increased dramatically from only a few thousand in 1990.
Approximately one-third of U.S. Muslims trace their ancestry to Pakistan and other South Asian countries and one fourth to Arab countries of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Many of these Muslims immigrated to the U.S. during the 1990s. Another fourth are African Americans.

Buddhism
Its clustered primarily in East Asia and Southeast Asia. An accurate account of Buddhist is especially difficult because only a few people participate in Buddhist Institutions. Religious functions are preformed primarily by monks rather than the general public
Someone can be both a Buddhist and a believer in other Eastern Religions
97% of Hindus are concentrated in just one country (India), 2% are in Nepal, and 1% is in Bangladesh. Hindus comprise more than 80% of the population in India.

Judaism
Roughly 40% of the world 14 million Jews live in the U.S. and another 40% in Israel. Judaism is the first recorded religion to espouse monotheism, belief that there is one God. Fundamental to Judaism is belief in one all powerful God. Judaism offered a sharp contrast to the polytheism practiced by neighboring people.