Louis Massignon was a French Catholic scholar of Islam and a pioneer of Catholic-Muslim mutual understanding. He was an influential figure in the twentieth century with regard to the Catholic church's relationship with Islam and played a role in Islam being accepted as an Abrahamic Faith among Catholics.
People fasting against torture during the Algeria War, Paris, 1957 (Lanza del Vasto, Louis Massignon, and others).
The term Abrahamic religion groups three of the major religions together due to their historical coexistence and competition; it refers to Abraham, a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran, and is used to show similarities between these religions and put them in contrast to Indian religions, Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions. Furthermore, some religions categorized as "Abrahamic" also share elements from other categories, such as Indian religions, or for example, Islam with Eastern religions.
A Jewish Rebbe holds a Torah scroll.
Christianity is based on the teachings of the Bible
A Bible handwritten in Latin, on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. This Bible was transcribed in Belgium in 1407 for reading aloud in a monastery.
A cenotaph above the Cave of the Patriarchs traditionally considered to be the burial place of Abraham.
