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As of 2009, 8% of Israeli Jews defined themselves as Haredim; an additional 12% as "religious"; 13% as "religious-traditionalists" ; 25% as "non-religious-traditionalists" (not strictly adhering to Jewish law or halakha); and 42% as "secular" (Hebrew: חִלּוֹנִי, Hiloni).[6] As of 1999, 65% of Israeli Jews believe in God,[7] and 85% participate in a Passover seder.[8] However, other sources indicate that between 15% and 37% of Israelis identify themselves as either agnostics or atheists.[9][unreliable source?]
Israelis tend not to align themselves with a movement of Judaism (such as Reform Judaism or Conservative Judaism) but instead tend to define their religious affiliation by degree of their religious practice. Of the Arab Israelis, as of 2008, 82.7% were Muslims, 8.4% were Druze, and 8.3% were Christians.[2] Just over 80% of Christians are Arabs, and the majority of the remaining are immigrants from the former Soviet Union who immigrated with a Jewish relative. About 81% of Christian births are to Arab women.[10]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Israel#Religious_self-definitionSeems like to not hold an event on Friday night out of respect for what probably is a small minority of people on just one team fails to respect everyone else, no?
Will every team have such accommodation and respect given to them as well?
I think that is what nihil is getting at. Making individuals responsible to respect whatever beliefs they may have and do what they need to do to follow those beliefs. IOW, personal beliefs are a personal matter that should be handled personally. I would think that is something we can all agree on?
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