[Shocking Reflection]: Finally, I found Mohammed's name in the Bible and the Torah

[Pat Mustard]

I think another aspect of it may be a kind of Muslim inferiority issue. Their book is the newest of the Big Three, so they’re desperate to make up nonsense to validate it.

Boru

Indeed Christianity can at least be seen as a legit split from Judaism (though not without contradictions) Islam has about as much legitimacy as an Abrahamic religion as Mormonism.

I would say that islam is a much more direct split from judaism than christianity, the qu'ran is the torah repackaged for the desert semitic cultures and to justify the arab conquests of the 7th century. Christianity is much closer to the hellenistic and Egyptian mystery religions that were banging around the late republic and early principate. It's just got a few sprinkings of judaism added on top.