root. The claim that "Judeo-Christianity" protects Western values relies on several logical shortcuts that ignore these shared origins. Historically, 19th-century Europeans grouped Jews and Muslims together as "Semites" or "Orientals"—effectively labeling both as non-European. To

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turn "Judeo-Christian" into a "Western" brand, proponents had to "de-Orientalise" Judaism's Middle Eastern roots, selectively claiming it as part of the West while leaving Islam behind in the East. Proponents argue that because Christianity shaped European history (laws, art,
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and holidays), it is the primary engine of the West.
When in reality, it is the Arab countries that saved the West after the Dark Ages along with Eastern Christianity. Whilst the Christians in the West went around destroying everything that isn’t Christian, the East and the
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