In the 7th Century, Mecca was a thriving commercial hub, as it was at a desert crossroad.
Merchants and caravans from all over the place converged on that city, and the city was happy to accommodate all the various religions that passed through their area by providing a small temple in the center of town that contained over 300 idols. It was a squat, ugly little cube of a building, but its diversity and inclusion helped fill the coffers of the city.
Mohammed, who was an admitted thief, came back to Mecca after his “revelation” in the cave wherein he had been hiding (from justice, one would assume), and the first thing he did was destroy all the idols in the public temple (called the Kaaba) except the sacred meteorite and the idol of Allat, the Goddess of the Moon and Warfare. Moon gods are nearly always female, because both the Moon and the Human Female both have a 28 day cycle. Ancient Cultures were quick to notice the coincidence and usually assigned the Moon to a female deity. Allat allegedly had two daughters, who are still mentioned in Islamic legend, but Mohammed insisted that there was only ONE god, who’s name was Allah.
Contrary to a lot of modern speculation, the name “Allah” doesn’t come from the Arabic name for “God” (”Al”, similar to “El” in Hebrew), but from the female goddess of the Moon. This is evidenced by the ubiquitous symbol of the crescent Moon that appears on top of every minaret and Muslim flag. Mohammed allegedly remodeled the Kaaba, and subsequent rulers built the Grand Mosque around it. The city of Mecca is forbidden to Non-Muslims to this very day. One wonders that if a Non-Muslim enters that city, and sees all the nonsense first hand, they will be instantly disabused of the notion that Allah is the same entity as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
All through the Bible, a “Moon Goddess” is the rival to The God Of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. She appears as Astarte, Cybele, Isis, and Artemis. In the Book of Acts, Paul is attacked by Artisans who make their living producing statues of “Diana of the Ephesians”, another moon goddess.
I do not have a seminary education, and, although I am in ministry, I am not ordained. Why was it so easy for me, a High School graduate, to get this information, and yet it seems so difficult for Educated, Lofty, Ordained, and Powerful Religious and Political Leaders to figure this out?
....”Why so difficult for Educated, Lofty, Ordained, and Powerful Religious and Political Leaders to figure this out?”.....
Jesus let us know this would come.....where “they” would believe they were doing God a service....(such as accepting Islam and other religions as having the same God)...and He told us they do this because they haven’t know Him nor the Father.
So they are blinded from the truth because they do not know Him....and believe a lie.