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Originally Posted by Brandon  while all of Islam is decedant from Ishmael. |
That's a misconception.
Arabs are descendants of Ishmael, some of the Arabs are Christians.
And about 85% of Muslims are non-Arab.
However you are right about the importance of Abraham.
The Qur'an says:
002.111
And they say: "None shall enter Paradise unless he be a Jew or a Christian." Those are their (vain) desires. Say: "Produce your proof if ye are truthful."
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002.135-136
They say: "Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (To salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the Religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah."
Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.
What the Qur'an is trying to convey to the reader is that both Christians and Jews say you have to follow their religion to be right, however Abraham was neither a Jew nor Christian, although both religions believe in him.
And that's why us and them should follow the religion of Abraham, which is to submit to God and have no partners with him.