Western religions the Western world paganism is becoming increasingly popular. There remains a minority of the order of 5% of the population in the Western world which adheres to non-Western religions, mostly due to recent immigration, but to some extent also due to proselytization, notably conversion to various sects of Buddhism and Hinduism in the context of the New Age movement in the later part of the 20th century. Western religions Western religions refers to religions that originated within Western culture, and are thus historically, culturally, and theologically distinct from the Eastern religions. The term Abrahamic religions (Islam, Eastern Christianity and Judaism)
Islam and antisemitism "negative assessments and even condemnation of prior religions and their adherents occur in all three scriptures of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Scholars have studied and debated Muslim attitudes to, and treatment of, Jews in Islamic thought and societies throughout history. The Quran makes forty-three specific references to ""Bani Isrāīl"" (meaning the Children of Israel). The Arabic term "yahud", denoting Jews, and "yahudi" occur eleven times and the verbal form "hāda" (meaning "to be a Jew/Jewish") occurs ten times. According to Khalid Durán, the negative passages use "Yahūd", while the positive references speak mainly of the "Banī Isrā’īl". In Quran Jews