Thank you. This is a powerful story - and the ideas that flow from it are unexamined. I believe the myth of Abraham willingness to kill his son is a factor in ME suicide bombers. If you know the story, you have an opinion, what do you think?
That is one of the basis for the "martyr" philosophy. But, having read the Koran twice now, I can tell you that that incident is not the only cause. There are many more shuras that exhort similar behavior.
Regarding your post 121, I loved this statement
"In our cafeteria way of dealing with religion (where everyone picks and chooses the parts of the Bible (or any other religious book) that they want to stress - Muslims chose this part. The part the reinforces blind authority."
cheers