Today we first started talking about stinkbugs and how they are all over the place. Then Mr. Schick told us about a day where there was like a couple hundred stinkbugs in his wooden stove so he set it on fire and killed all of them. Then we started taking more notes on culture. First was Islam: Muhammad is there central figure who restored teachings of many different prophets like Adam, Abraham, Jesus and others. The holy book is the Koran or Qur'an. There are 1.7 billion Muslims. They are found in Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the middle east. Mecca and Medina is there holy places.They go to Medina to pray which is called Haaj. Buddhism: The central figure Siddharta Guatama who lived in the eastern part of India. He wanted to end all suffering ignorance and craving. There are 376 million Buddhist and they are fond all over the world but especially India. It isn't polytheistic or monotheistic religion. They don't have a holy book but they have the four noble truths and the 8 fold. Hinduism: Is the oldest religon, does not claim any god or profit. There are over 1 billion Hindus and most of them are in India. There sacred text is known as the Vedas.
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