Christianity: 31.4%
Islam: 23.2%
Hinduism: 15%
Buddhism: 7.1%
Folk religions: 5.9%
Abraham has a large part on all three religions, he is believed to be the father of all in three religions. Abraham is not as big of part in Christianity as he is in Islam and Judaism, Christians focus more on Jesus. In Judaism they do not believe their messiah has come so they focus on him. And Islam believes a messiah has come but it was not Jesus.
Indulgence is a way to reduce the amount of punishment one goes through because of their sins. The priests would pray to god that they would get into heaven, people believed this because they thought priests had a better connection to God.
Hajj is considered the largest annual gathering of people in the world. Hajj is a mandatory pilgrimage for those who are physically and financially capable of going. Hajj means to intend a journey.
The Samhitas are collections of metric texts. There are four "Vedic" Samhitas: the Rig-Veda, Sama-Veda, Yajur-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, most of which are available in several recensions. In some contexts, the term Veda is used to refer to these Samhitas.
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