[Neophyte]

Islam is an elder brother of Marxism, but not even a bastard brother of Judaism and Christianity.

The former connection is obvious: "Marxism is undoubtedly a religion, in the lowest sense of the word. Like every inferior form of religious life (bold text is mine - N) it has been continually used, to borrow the apt phrase of Marx himself, as an opiate for the people."

And excuse me, Phil, today I have no time or mood to digest your rants on Musli peacefulness or Islam virtues. Peaceful and virtuous Palies had blown up scores of warmongers in Jerusalem pedestrian mall once again, have you heard? May be you'll be eager to propagate Islam on a thread on this topic, would you?

[MHGinTN]

Abraham was the father of Ishmael, then to Isaac, then to, I think, thirteen more boys and I have no idea how many girls. He was a party to one, count them, ONE, covenant with the Lord God Of Hosts. Abraham is not the father to three religions. The only religion that could lay claim to Abraham being the father of it would be Judaism, since that is the only 'religion' he practiced once he covenanted with YHWH, the legalisms/sacrificial strictures of Judaism that is.

[Phil V.]

And excuse me, Phil, today I have no time or mood to digest your rants . . .

Oh my! (very brief "rant") LOL!

[muir_redwoods]

It is certainly defensible to rail against the evils of Muslim extremists and Islamic insanity but nothing said here or anywhere today or ever will alter the fact that Muslims worship the G-d of Abraham. There is even a case to be made that Zorastrianism is an Abrahamic faith. The city of Maryanbad, Pakistan is named in honor of the mother of Jesus. The connections between the three faiths are old and certain. Denying it is simply wrong.