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
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“Our religion vulgarly stands on numbers of believers. Whenever the appeal is made—no matter how indirectly—to numbers, proclamation is then and there made, that religion is not. He that finds God a sweet, enveloping presence, who shall dare to come in?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Religion is a great force: the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don’t understand is that you must get at a man through his own religion and not through yours.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The great end of all religion ... is to purify our hearts—and conquer our passions—and in a word, to make us wiser and better men—better neighbours—better citizens—and better servants of GOD.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)