Posted on 08/29/2011 5:03:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
It needs to be noted that Arabs had been making the pilgrimage to Mecca-to the enormous granite Ka'aba, the old shrine at the center of the city-for hundreds, possibly thousands of years, before Islam to pay tribute to these 360 gods represented inside the Ka'aba's walls. Muhammad destroyed all but two -- that of the Virgin Mary, and that of Christ. However, even those representations would eventually be banned under Islam's subsequent prohibition of images. This prohibition was not endorsed by the Prophet.
Controversies have exploded over images depicting the Prophet Muhammad, namely his depiction as a turbaned terrorist in one of a dozen cartoons by Danish artists. Muslims explicitly prohibit images of God, Muhammad, and other prophets. Islam prohibits the representation of the human figure in art.
But does the Qur'an actually ban representations of Muhammad, or others? The answer is no. There is not a single verse in the Qur'an that explicitly prohibits images of Muhammad-or of ALLAH, or God, for that matter, or any other human figure.
In any event, up until that time, Mecca's most important god was the god Hubal (an idol god worshipped in Arabia), having been placed there by Muhammad's ruling Quraysh tribe. Historians state that the Ka'aba became the repository of these 360 idols and tribal gods from all of Arabia's nomadic tribes, and Hubal was the most senior of these 360 god idols worshipped in the shrine.
(Excerpt) Read more at majorreligions.com ...
perhaps of interest.
What is the Koran?
atlantic monthly | J A N U A R Y 1 9 9 9 | Toby Lester
Posted on 11/20/2002 3:13:18 PM PST by dennisw
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/792720/posts
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/01/what-is-the-koran/4024/
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/99jan/koran2.htm
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/99jan/koran3.htm
Travels in Arabia, by John Lewis Burckhardt
Some Historical Notices Concerning the Kaaba, and the Temple of Mekka; Extracted from the Works of El Azraky, El Fasy, Kotobeddyn, and Asamy, Writers More Particularly Mentioned in the Introduction.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/b/burckhardt/john_lewis/arabia/chapter10.html
[snip] An Arab of Kossay, named Ammer Ibn Lahay, first introduced idolatry among his countrymen; he brought the idol, called Hobal, from Hyt, in Mesopotamia, [See El Azraky.] and set it up at the Kaaba. Idolatry then spread rapidly; and it seems that almost every Arab tribe chose its own god or tutelar divinity; and that, considering the Kaaba as a Pantheon common to them all, they frequented it in pilgrimage. The date-tree, called Ozza, says Azraky, was worshipped by the tribe of Khozaa; and the Beni Thekyf adored the rock called El Lat; a large tree, called Zat Arowat, was revered by the Koreysh; the holy places, Muna, Szafa, Meroua, had their respective saints or demi-gods; and the historians give a long list of other deities. The number of idols increased so much, that one was to be found in every house and tent of this valley; and the Kaaba was adorned with three hundred and sixty of them, corresponding probably to the days of the year. [/snip]
Islam is a form of Satanism.
Objectively, it has no place in comparison to the worlds major religions.
Specialty Definition: HUBAL[Wikipedic] In pagan Arabia, before the Islam, the god Hubal... was worshipped, notably at the Kaaba at Mecca, where his was the grandest of the idols. When he conquered Mecca, Muhammad ended his tribe Quraysh's tradition of idol-worship by smashing Hubal together with all the 360 idols at the Kaaba. Some sources claim that Hubal was a moon god. Attempts to identify Hubal with Allah have been notably popular among evangelical Christians, but even they acknowledge that this hypothesis is speculative, and it is contradicted by the Islamic-period texts from which most knowledge of pre-Islamic Arab religion derives.
Webster's Online Dictionary
What is up with that?
Was the Kaaba Originally a Hindu Temple?[Note: A recent archeological find in Kuwait unearthed a gold-plated statue of the Hindu deity Ganesh. A Muslim resident of Kuwait requested historical research material that can help explain the connection between Hindu civilisation and Arabia.]
by P.N. Oak
Glancing through some research material recently, I was pleasantly surprised to come across a reference to a king Vikramaditya inscription found in the Kaaba in Mecca proving beyond doubt that the Arabian Peninsula formed a part of his Indian Empire.
The text of the crucial Vikramaditya inscription, found inscribed on a gold dish hung inside the Kaaba shrine in Mecca, is found recorded on page 315 of a volume known as 'Sayar-ul-Okul' treasured in the Makhtab-e-Sultania library in Istanbul, Turkey. Rendered in free English the inscription says:"Fortunate are those who were born (and lived) during king Vikram's reign. He was a noble, generous dutiful ruler, devoted to the welfare of his subjects. But at that time we Arabs, oblivious of God, were lost in sensual pleasures. Plotting and torture were rampant. The darkness of ignorance had enveloped our country. Like the lamb struggling for her life in the cruel paws of a wolf we Arabs were caught up in ignorance. The entire country was enveloped in a darkness so intense as on a new moon night. But the present dawn and pleasant sunshine of education is the result of the favour of the noble king Vikramaditya whose benevolent supervision did not lose sight of us- foreigners as we were. He spread his sacred religion amongst us and sent scholars whose brilliance shone like that of the sun from his country to ours. These scholars and preceptors through whose benevolence we were once again made cognisant of the presence of God, introduced to His sacred existence and put on the road of Truth, had come to our country to preach their religion and impart education at king Vikramaditya's behest."For those who would like to read the Arabic wording I reproduce it hereunder in Roman script:"Itrashaphai Santu Ibikramatul Phahalameen Karimun Yartapheeha Wayosassaru Bihillahaya Samaini Ela Motakabberen Sihillaha Yuhee Quid min howa Yapakhara phajjal asari nahone osirom bayjayhalem. Yundan blabin Kajan blnaya khtoryaha sadunya kanateph netephi bejehalin Atadari bilamasa- rateen phakef tasabuhu kaunnieja majekaralhada walador. As hmiman burukankad toluho watastaru hihila Yakajibaymana balay kulk amarena phaneya jaunabilamary Bikramatum".
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“ALLAH IS DEAD, Why Islam is not a religion.” byRebecca Bynum, New English Review Press,2011
“ALLAH IS DEAD, Why Islam is not a religion.” byRebecca Bynum, New English Review Press,2011
We will find
sooner or later
if Achmed’ll pray
to a glowing crater
Islam has been an insane murder cult since Mad Mo crawled out of the bat cave and barked at the moon.
Hey, I’m not here to judge. ;’)
Allah is Dead. Why Islam is not a Religion.
Logans Warning | 19 February 2011 | Louis Palme
Posted on 02/27/2011 5:45:12 PM PST by CharlesMartelsGhost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2681068/posts
http://www.amazon.com/Allah-Dead-Why-Islam-Religion/dp/0578073900
Mohammed is regarded (in Islam, and I guess by his own ass) to be the third, final, and greatest of the prophets — the earlier two being Jesus and Moses.
i have always been interested in the black stone in the kaaba. reputed to be an ancient meteorite. i find that fascinating that in this age, a substantial number of persons worldwide pray to a metorite from biblical times.
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