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To: marcos who wrote (6441)	4/3/2002 12:19:36 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

"Were this from a different speaker it would not offend me, i would at first glance take it to include four distinct groups of human beings, i.e. 1. Civilised individuals 2. Christians 3. Jews 4. Muslims" Strangely enough 2, 3 and 4 all claim Abraham as founder. To Muhammad, Abraham was not only an ancient figure from Israel’s past—he was an Arab, or at least through his son Ishmael, the father of the Arabs. The Hebrew Scriptures had predicted that Ishmael would migrate to the East and become the father of a great nation. Muhammad believed that Abraham and Ishmael had journeyed to Mecca, built the Ka’bah (the square stone sanctuary that is still the primary pilgrimage destination for every Muslim), and instituted the worship of the true God: congregationalist.org