Yes, that's the same technique that everyone uses when there is a verse/command they don't like.
Muhammad as the 7th century's theological liberal. Hah!
But the Muslim thing goes quite a bit beyond that. Jesus avoided the cross and ended up in his native Arabia. Judas was crucified in his stead. So they say.
BTW Jesus' mother Miriam (Mary) was the very same Miriam as Moses' sister, thus cutting out all the post-Torah Jewish history.
Twisted Christianity, twisted Judaism, with a bit of Jahilia (pre Muhammad Meccan cult) thrown in. Mecca was a pilgrim's target before Muhammad. You may have heard the bit about Moon worship, but that's an over-simplification, though not entirely false.
Islam may be "Abrahamic", but it's a bizarre twist. A Satanic twist, maybe.
The notion of Arabs as descendants of Ismail is an Arab conceit, not supported by the Bible. Or anything else, but their say so.