Judeo-Christo-Islamic Judeo-Christo-Islamic James Cooke Brown The term Judeo-Christo-Islamic (or Judeo-Christian-Islamic) is sometimes used to include Islam in discussions about Western religion. According to John O. Voll, associate director of the Washington-based Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, American presidential candidate Jesse Jackson was among the first American high-profile figures to use the term Judeo-Christian-Islamic in reference to America. While this term may be welcomed by many as religiously inclusive language, some have argued against its use saying that:

Muslims were not as fundamentally involved in the creation of Western society as Christians and Jews.
Muslim values differ in significant ways from Christian and Jewish values.
Jews and Christians both revere the same lengthy Hebrew scriptures, but there is no authoritative sacred text which Muslims share in common with believers of the other two religions.
Using the term Judeo-Christo-Islamic would be a form of revisionist history.
Other religions, such as the Bahá'ís, 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 some black slaves were Muslim, and through the transmission of ancient Greek philosophical texts, among other innovations, especially through Muslim Spain.
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 American Muslims is slowly increasing as well due to immigration and possibly due to conversions. See for a discussion of the number of Muslims in America.
Muslims view Christians and Jews as fellow 'People of the Book' and themselves acknowledge a kinship with these related faiths, and their reverence for the same deity worshipped by Abraham.

Some proposed alternative inclusive terms are: Abrahamic religions and Monotheistic religions.

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