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Since Prophet Muhammad’s ancestry can be traced back to Prophet Ishmael the son of Prophet Abraham, doesn’t that make Prophet Muhammad himself part-Jewish? Most people say no, because Abraham, Isaac ...

Praise be to Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, the Exalted, the Supreme, for whom honour is a garment and majesty is a robe. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, and ...

(RNS) — Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice — which begins on Friday — is a Muslim holiday that memorializes the greatest sacrifice made in all of history by a renowned patriarch, Prophet Abraham ...

The Prophet Abraham, praise be unto him, is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims the world over. Within Islam he is known as Khalil-Allah, or Friend of God, and is the only prophet to have had this ...

Mohamed Kohia, professor, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Mo. In Islam, Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) is labeled as the father of prophets. Among his children was the first born Ishmael (Ismael) and ...