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Most members of the Abrahamic faiths belong to a sect that does find a conflict with their religious doctrine and the theory of evolution. The three main Abrahamic faiths are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The largest of these are Christianity, with about 2 billion members and Islam with 1.2 billion members. The largest Christian Church is the Roman Catholic Church, with over a 1.1 billion members, which has issued statements that it has no dispute with the theory of evolution. The second largest group is the Orthodox Communion with 150-350 million members. It also has no dispute with the theory of evolution. . The third largest group in Christianity is the Anglican Church with 77 million adherents, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has issued several statements about his support of evolution. Many Protestant sects have no problem with evolution either, particularly the largest Protestant sects. For example, even in the United States, which has the lowest support of evolution of any western country, roughly 77% of the Christians in the 12 largest Christian faiths belong to sects which have expressed their support for evolution. Although Islam is diverse and contains elements which are opposed to evolution, there is also considerable acceptance of evolution among Muslims as well. However, even if no Muslims subscribed to evolution in any form, simple arithmetic demonstrates that more than half of all those who belong to a Abrahamic faith are in a sect which accepts evolution.