(C) Asia was the birthplace of most of the world's major religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Asia is mainly famous for its diversity. Besides being the birthplace of Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, all major religions are practised in this continent today. However, Islam is the religion that has the most followers in Asia. It is estimated that there are more than 1.1 billion of adherents of Islam. On the other hand, Christianity is a minority religion in the continent since it only has 286 million adherents. Christianity began as a sect of Judaism in the first century CE, while Islam was born in the seventh century CE.