Jim,
>Hilmar,
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>As I understand it, ALL of the three religions - Christianity, Jewish and Moslem - have the SAME single God (as opposed to any old god) and that is the God of Abraham.
Not quite correct. Judaism and Christianity have the same god whereas 'Allah' finds his origins in the worship of the pagan (multiple) dieties that Mohammad essentially refactored into a form of monotheism. Apparently he chose the moon god hence the crescent & star. Check out
http://www.khouse.org/strategictrends/islam/ as a starting point. There's
Now, historically all three have Abraham as the point of convergance. Jews and Muslims in that he is their physical progrnitor and Christians who may or may not have the physical link but all of whom must have the faith link.
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>cheers
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>SNIP
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>>Actually, it seems that some versions of the Qur'án translate "Allah" as "God", others keep it as "Allah". But it is still the same God - muslims believe in one single God.
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>>Hilmar.
Best,
DD
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