[Pan_Yans Wife]

Didn't Ishmael and Issac have the same Jewish father? Aren't all three religions tied to Abraham? Without Abraham, and the branch of Judaism, there would be no belief in the Almighty.

And lastly, aren't we all descendents of Noah? If as a Christian you believe that God, the Father, created the world and the people who inhabit it, then doesn't it then follow that all people on the earth are under his dominion?

[lady lawyer]

Actually, Abraham wasn't "Jewish". There were no Jews until three generations later. Abraham had Isaac. Isaac had Jacob/Israel. Israel had 12 sons, one of whom was Judah. The descendants of Judah are the Jews.

But the Arab Muslims do look to Abraham as their father. And there have been DNA tests, I'm told, on Jews and Arabs showing them descended from a common male ancestor.

The big shrine in Mecca that is the most important place in Islam is built around a stone that they believe came from an altar built by Abraham.

I don't know if it's the same altar he built to sacrifice his son on, or not. But another interesting thing about Muslim belief is that the biggest single feast in Islam commemmorates that almost sacrifice. But in Islam, the son on the altar was Ishmael, not Isaac.