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   From: me@here.net   
      
   On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:47:23 -0400, baird@newstaff.com (Baird   
   Stafford) wrote:   
      
   >Ishmael was the elder son of Abraham, born of his "handmaid," Hagar.   
   >When Sarah bore him a legitimate son (Jacob, IIRC), Hagar and Ishmael   
   >were driven "into the wilderness."  Mohammed traced the descent of all   
   >Muslims from Ishmael, and may well have put him in his heaven as an the   
   >Islamic analogue of the Christian St. Peter, also human in origin.   
      
   Ta.   
      
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