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# Some hold that entering a church nowadays is a serious prohibition, while entering a mosque is permitted.<ref>Yabia Omer YD 2:11 and YD 7:12 holds that entering a church is forbidden but entering a mosque is permitted. Igrot Moshe YD 3:129:6 agrees that entering a church is forbidden even if one is just going to look at the artwork. Tzitz Eliezer 14:91 holds that entering a church or a mosque is forbidden.</ref>
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==Background==
* The Rambam (Avoda Zara 9:4) considers Christianity to be avoda zara. There is a large discussion within the opinion of Tosfot (Sanhedrin 63b s.v. asur) whether Christianity is considered avoda zara for non-Jews considering that they believe in the Trinity, which is a slight deviation from narrow monotheism. The opinion of Tosfot is cited by Rama OC 156. Pitchei Teshuva YD 147:2 cites the Nodeh BeYehuda YD 148 who writes that the opinion of Tosfot is that Christianity is avoda zara just not for the purposes of swearing by the name of a pagan God. Rav Soloveitchik (Nefesh HaRav p. 230) quoted Rav Chaim as supporting the approach of the Nodeh BeYehuda.
* The Rambam (Maachalot Asurot 11:7) considers Islam not to be avoda zara.
==Related Links==
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/822409/Rabbi_Ezra_Schwartz/Avodah_Zarah_in_the_Western_World Rabbi Ezra Schwartz on yutorah.org]
==Sources==
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