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Found this reading comments at a web site....interesting summary on how Muslim God was named Allah...

champ | January 21, 2010 4:17 PM | Reply
“It is clear, from a historical point of view, that Muhammad, as a youth participated in worshipping all the 360 pagan gods in the Kabah in Mecca owned and operated by the Quraish tribe to which Muhammad was member in good standing. As Muhammad grew up, he was influenced by Christians (monotheists) who condemned the polytheism at the Kabah. At some point in Muhammad’s life, he was convinced by the Christians that Polytheism was wrong and sought to reject the 360 pagan gods he had grown up with. Muhammad was converted to the concept of monotheism through the influence and teachings of Christians. However, being a proud “nationalistic cultural Arab”, bent to preserve his traditions, Muhammad, decided to “reform” his native pagan religion, rather than adopt a completely different religion like Christianity. So Muhammad took the top pagan god of the Kabah in Mecca (called Hubal and/or Allah) and chose it to be his new monotheistic god. This god was already considered the top god among other gods at the Kabah. Muhammad’s strategy was simple. Rather than converting all the Arab people to the monotheism of Christianity, Muhammad merely banished the other 359 pagan gods and chose the one remaining to be the one and only god... what Muslims refer to today as “Allah”. Thus Islam was born.”

“Islam Is Paganism In Monotheistic Wrapping Paper.”

Above excerpt from link:
http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-polytheism.htm

That seems quite true, considering when you read theKoran, you see tracts from obviously Nestorian or more significantly Arian thoughts. Also, Mo doesn't seem to have understood the teachings clearly as he messes up Revelations with the Gospels (in describing the birth of Christ, he talks about a woman giving birth under a tree -- straight from Revelations) and he also puts in bits like Abraham sacrificing Ishmael not Isaac (since Ish is supposed to be the ancestor of NajdArabs) and making it seem like Abe came first to Mecca to pray and made the Zam-Zam well.

A very interesting read is how Arabic is derived from Syriac (Nestorian monks) and how when reading theKoran in Syriac, you read something else in the text

Found this reading comments at a web site....interesting summary on how Muslim God was named Allah...

That's fascinating, thanks for posting it. I didn't know that Islam was formed sort of L. Ron Hubbard style, on the back of a napkin in a bar. :) "Let's see, in for a penny in for a pound, let's pick the top god to be the only god, the numero uno honcho god. Yeah, they'll buy that...." :) So Allah is nothing more than a common pagan god with a pedophile as his prophet. I had no idea.