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Dr. Shimon Cowen, a Chabad rabbi and director of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization; Ismail Albayrak, chair of Islamic Studies and the department of Islamic-Catholic relations at Australian Catholic University; and Professor Tracey Rowland, appointed by the Pope to the International Theological Commission and a dean at the University of Melbourne, stated, *The common values making up this shared ethic are found in the Abrahamic stem of the world religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.* They suggest that although western societies were founded on what has become known as the Judeo-Christian ethic,
Most Christian believers today see these Seven Noahide Laws as compatible with the main ethical tenets of their faith and advocate adhering to its Code of Conduct. Indeed, early Christian references to the Noahide Laws as a Code of Conduct can be found in the first century when Paul agreed to admit gentiles into the Christian Church only after they accepted the substance of these principles.
A Bilateral Commission 2007 meeting in Jerusalem between a Vatican delegation and Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen contained an agreement recognizing the Noahide Covenant as a universal moral code that is incumbent upon all humanity. The Bilateral Commission affirmed that *This idea is reflected in Christian Scripture in the Book of Acts 15:28-29.
A Bilateral Commission 2007 meeting in Jerusalem between a Vatican delegation and Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen contained an agreement recognizing the Noahide Covenant as a universal moral code that is incumbent upon all humanity. The Bilateral Commission affirmed that *This idea is reflected in Christian Scripture in the Book of Acts 15:28-29.
Because Noah is recognized as a prophet in the Koran, several Muslim leaders expressed support for and compliance with the Seven Noahide Laws. For example, the Arab mayors of Shefa-Amar and Abu Gosh signed a 2004 Declaration committing to establish a more humane world by adopting the values of the Seven Noahide Laws. The spiritual leader of the Israeli Druze community, Sheikh Mowafak Tarif, likewise recognized these seven principles as fundamental values of society and called upon non-Jews living in Israel to observe the Noahide laws. Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed the view that these values truly unite civilizations. And Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi from Italy unequivocally declared,
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