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Eventually you keep telling that Moon God story and you will anger folks you didn't expect to.

You were aware, of course, that it's not that big black cube you see in the pictures. Right? You did know that?

Folks I know who have been there and participated say there are several items to be seen once the big black heavy curtain is pulled up. They are several fossilized logs much like you can see out West in the petrified forest. In addition there is a larger rock, clearly of meteoritic origin on top of the logs. The stones look very much like an altar. Some report seeing other, smaller meteors, in and amongst the petrified wood pieces.

The Kaaba/Khaba is a very ancient structure. Moslem tradition says it was Abraham's altar where he proposed sacrificing his son but was stopped by an angel. No doubt it is of some archaeological interest, and no doubt Moslem archeologists have performed all sorts of studies on it on behalf of it's current protector, the Saudi royal family.

The whole point of the Haj is visit the place where, according to the Moslems, "God Visited Man". Even after you'd turned it to radioactive glass, the "place" in terms of it's global coordinates would still exist. As far as the petrified wood and the meteors are concerned, the Empty Quarter between Saudi and Yemen has many more of the same stuff lieing about on the surface. These guys could be back up and running the Kaaba/Khaba (with hazmat suits) within months after the cooling of the fireball.

I had a very bright former moslem live with me for more than a year.

He did extensive research on "Allah."

He is utterly convinced to his bone marrow of the "moon god" issue.

Given his brightness, his Morrocan ancestry back to the 'prophet' . . . etc.

I defer to his study and wisdom on such matters.

The black cloth forms essentially a cube. I had no idea what was underneath it other than the meteorite bit.

Yes, they could be back up and running. And the inclination, tenacity would be in that direction. Nevertheless, being a basically very superstitious people, as I understand it--massive proportions of them would be very rattled.

I read a very interesting book that posits that the black stone is in reality an ancient Shiva linga, and that Mohammed's family were for generations worshippers of Shiva, and when he had his relevations he stopped the worship of Shiva, but because people were used to worshipping in that way, he kept the stone. There is some evidence to back this all up.