Pilgrimage is, for Muslims, a training course in faith and ethics and increases faith, uplifts the spirit and inculcates only ...

We worry for our children, then worry our children ... The Book of Hebrews speaks similarly about the faith of Abraham. The call to sacrifice Isaac made little sense, as Isaac was key to God ...

When dominant narratives present Israelis as “colonizers” (and Muslims believe that Abraham’s almost-sacrifice was of Ishmael, not Isaac), it is a basic need to equip children such as these ...

We'll explore the lessons ... not bear children. Sarah wrongfully bent to this tradition when she convinced Abraham to start a family with their Egyptian slave, Hagar. This resulted in the birth of ...

But that’s the fate of all parents of young kids. No, they can’t run across ... the wicked off the hook with them. In the sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham called G^d’s bluff.

After all, here, Abraham ... sacrifice for their people. And their children are choosing to listen. This is an Israeli reinterpretation of the Akedah — not Abraham with his arm raised and Isaac ...