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Ishmael.

It is important to note that Ishmael is not the father of the Muslims, but the father of the Arabs. The distinction is important since Muslims in the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia (roughly 60% of all Muslims) do not claim direct descendence from Ishmael, but spiritual descendence.

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