Judeo-Christo-Islamic

The term Judeo-Christo-Islamic is sometimes used to include Islam in discussions about Western religion. While this term may be seen as religiously inclusive language, some have argued against its use saying that:

• Muslims were not involved in the creation of Western society.
• Muslim values differ from Christian and Jewish values.
• Using the term Judeo-Christo-Islamic would be a form of revisionist history.
• Other religions, such as Bahai, might need to be included in new terms, if society were to choose religiously inclusive language over historically accurate language.

Others have replied that the term is appropriate, saying:

• Muslims were involved in the creation of Western society, as many Black slaves were Muslim, as were Malcolm X and the Black Muslims of America.
• Christian values also differ from Jewish values, but that the emphasis in inclusive language should be on similarities rather than differences.
• There is no problem with including other religions when engaging in discussions about the similarities between religions, and this should be encouraged rather than discouraged.
• There are currently more Muslims than Jews in Canada and the number of Muslim Americans is slowly increasing as well due to immigration and interfaith dialogues.

Some alternative inclusive terms are:

• Abrahamic religions
• Monotheistic religions

See also:

• Judeo-Christian tradition
• Christo-Islamic tradition
• Judeo-Islamic tradition