I hope we haven't scared off Misha Tal (who started the thread) with all this talk about Christianity.
Feel free to participate Misha! This could be an interesting discussion, since all religions are represented.
I think probably one or two regular participants are Jewish - I have some Jewish relatives so I am more up to scratch on it than the average Christian.

I have 100% respect for Islam, partly thanks to a great friend of mine who is a moslem, and educated me a bit about it.
Everything she's told me about Islam is positive.
I've known her since I was a kid and she is one of the most decent people I know.
One of the things she's said is:

1) Islam recognises Jesus as a major prophet, but not (I think?) as the son of God.
2) Islam is the religion of the decendants of Hagar in the Old testament. (The woman who got kicked out into the desert by Jacob, together with her son She gets treated in a terrible way, in my opinion! ).



About Jews and the name of God: I have noticed that religious Jews say "Hashem" when they talk about God. That means "The Name" in Hebrew or Jiddish.