(Reading: Genesis 22:1-19) The title of this piece points to the central event under discussion: Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of Isaac on Mount Moriah.

For Jews, this is the story of the sacrifice of Isaac at God’s command (stopped, of course, at the last moment, by an angel sent by God). Imam Haytham Younis, 2012, Rockville, MD. Photo courtesy ...

Just a week ago, on Rosh Hashanah, we read the Torah portion relating the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son — the Jewish perspective of the same story that underlies Eid al-Adha. For Jews, this ...