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  Religion with all its teachings and norms of behavior and expression of belonging is also a strong component of the culture of a nation or ethnic group. If the state is based on an ethnic group or nation, the religion of that nation also becomes the state religion. In countries where the so-called secularization or separation of religion and state is established, which allows for a greater influence of other religions on the culture of the citizens of that country, the right of the majority religion or religion is very often asserted in the area of determining national holidays and working days off. In Wikipedia you will find that there are actually twelve major world religions or faiths. They are followed by Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Judaism, Sikhism, Jainism, Babism and Bahaism and Zoroastrianism. On the Asian continent, as well as on the African continent, we often find so-called Islamic countries. In these countries, the Islamic...

  The great Christian holiday of Easter is approaching, which, according to the old Christian belief, gives humanity hope for life after death or resurrection. According to Christian belief, Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday. But on Sunday, he rose from the dead. Thus, in Slovenia, horseradish reflects the nails with which Jesus Christ was attached to the cross. The red colored eggs symbolize his drops of blood and the bread and pastries his crown of thorns on his head.  Of course, the whole world is not Christian. In the entire world population of more than 8 billion, which includes Christian, according to the latest data, only 31% on a global scale. Of these, 50% are Catholics, 37% Protestants and 12% Orthodox Christians. 1% is shared by all other Christian churches.  We no longer know a strictly monotheistic Christian state, with the exception of the Vatican. All modern societies, and thus also countries, nowadays like to boast about religious freedom, which often m...