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Thread #80620   Message #1471119
Posted By: GUEST,The ol' perfessor
26-Apr-05 - 08:49 AM
Thread Name: BS: the Anti-Semitism of the Intellectuals
Subject: RE: BS: the Anti-Semitism of the Intellectuals
The Jews and Muslims have been fighting with each other ever since the days of Abraham. Why? Because both peoples were started with Abraham. The Jews are actually brothers with the Muslims. They're fighting over the same parcel of land because God promised Abraham that his descendants would be the chosen people. Now since both are his descendants then who has the rightful claim?


The Jews and Muslims have not been fighting ever since the days of Abraham. Biblical legend has it that Abraham founded what would become the Jewish religion 2000+ years before the time of Christ. Muhammad founded Islam about 600 years after the time of Christ.

You're probably confusing Muslims with Arabs. Legend has it that Arabs are descended from Ishmael, the illegitimate son of Abraham and Hagar (Sarah's handmaid). According to legend, Jews are descended from Isaac, the son of Abraham and his wife Sarah.

The first Arabs in what is now Israel and the Palestinian territories only arrived as conquerers in Muhammad's later years, close to 3,000 years after the Jews.