| | The significance of Abraham in [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] begins in [[Genesis]] 12:2, when [[God]] says to Abraham "I will make of you a great nation." According to Jews and Christians, this promise was fulfilled as Abraham's son [[Isaac]] was the father of [[Jacob]], who founded [[Israel]]. | | The significance of Abraham in [[Judaism]] and [[Christianity]] begins in [[Genesis]] 12:2, when [[God]] says to Abraham "I will make of you a great nation." According to Jews and Christians, this promise was fulfilled as Abraham's son [[Isaac]] was the father of [[Jacob]], who founded [[Israel]]. |
| − | Adherents of the socio-political ideology of [[Islam]] claim their ideology to be an "Abrahamic religion" as well, and this belief is also shared by [[liberal]]s who normally otherwise attack Christianity, Judaism and other religions, although based on its history, Islam is more correctly viewed as being akin to the totalitarian ideologies of [[Nazism]] and [[Communism]], which were likewise embraced by liberals over time due to the opposition of both ideologies to Christianity and Judaism. According to [[Islam]], the significance of Abraham's lineage was through his eldest son, [[Ishmael]]. Muslims claim that [[Mohammed]] is a descendant of Abraham through this line. Muslims also claim that Abraham was the first Muslim. | + | Adherents of the socio-political ideology of [[Islam]] claim their ideology to be an "Abrahamic religion" as well, and this belief is also shared by [[liberal]]s who normally otherwise attack Christianity, Judaism and other religions, although based on its history, Islam is more correctly viewed as being akin to the totalitarian ideologies of [[Nazism]] and [[Communism]], which were likewise embraced by liberals over time due to the opposition of both ideologies to Christianity and Judaism. According to [[Islam]], the significance of Abraham's lineage was through his eldest son, [[Ishmael]]. Muslims claim that [[Mohammed]] is a descendant of Abraham through this line. Muslims also claim that Abraham was the first Muslim, even though Islam was founded centuries after Abraham's time. |