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According to Jewish law, it is permissible for every nation to establish a religion for itself, which provides a framework appropriate to its character and culture. This is conditioned on being free of idolatry and connected to the pure faith in God revealed by the Jewish people. It must accept the fundamental values found in the Seven Noahide Laws (2:4 above), and not impose itself upon others by force.
In other words, the Jewish vision of redemption does not demand the obliteration of other religions. They may well have core values suited to perfect the characters of their adherents. The primary demand Judaism makes of other religions is to purge the evil idolatry within them that blocks the expression of perfect faith and leads to murderous conquest. As it says, “I will clean out the blood from its mouth, and the detestable things from between its teeth. Its survivors, too, shall belong to our God” (Zechariah 9:7).
