anti-Islam. It was initially popularised in the U.S. (surprise) in the 1930s-1950s aiming to combat anti-semitism and promote a pluralistic American identity against atheistic communism. Many Jewish scholars and theologians, however, rejected the term, arguing it obscures massive

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fundamental theological differences, particularly concerning the nature of God, the messiah, and the importance of law (Torah) versus faith. They argued that the phrase often imposes a Christian framework on Jewish tradition, implying that Judaism is an "incomplete" precursor
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that is "fulfilled" by Christianity.
However, now it is used completely differently from the term described in the 1950’s. contemporary politics, "Judeo-Christian" is often used to differentiate the West from Islam, particularly in far-right rhetoric that portrays Islam as
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