At the end of an essay by David Parsons he poses a question: "How then can anyone still say that we all (Jews, Christians and Mohammedans) worship the same God?" The point of Parsons’ essay is to point out that the discovery of the Judaic and Christian God is based on peaceful inner choice. The Mohammedan discovery of God (the Mohammedan “Allah”) is violent and an external struggle to force acceptance by unbelievers. Not only that but to end the life of a Mohammedan that forsakes his faith.
Parsons is probably a bit to "politically correct" to say so, but the Quran is a book written way-way after the Old Testament. The Old Testament is accepted by both Christians and Jews (though the interpretive traditions are different). Mohammed's Quran twists and contradicts the Old Testament.
The question should also be: Is the Mohammedan "Abraham" the same as the Jewish and Christian "Abraham?"
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