Why Denmark always putting funny cartoon on prophet Mohammad in the news papaer?
Well, I am a Jewish woman, and find myself in the strange position of agreeing with the “Muslim Woman Forever” answerer. She is right, Abraham did NOT have any illegitimate children, and he DID marry Hagar after the death of Sarah. Ishmael was born before the marriage between Abraham and Hagar, while Hagar (who was the daughter of Pharaoh, by the way), was still Sarah’s handmaid given to her by Pharaoh who respected Sarah so much that he gave his daughter to her as a handmaid. This was not a position of subjugation, but of priviledge for Hagar. She was not treated as a slave or as an unequal. This birth was not an illegitimate birth whatsoever, but a permitted circumstance in those days. Abraham claimed the child as his, and took care of both him and his mother in his household. Hagar converted to Judaism when she married Abraham, after Sarah died, according to the Torah. At that time Hagar’s name was changed to Keturah, which means “sweet smelling”. Hagar/Keturah is the mother of Ishm
