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Date Posted: 15:02:18 08/28/07 Tue
Author: Jerry Rector
Author Host/IP: 207.119.53.206
Subject: Re: Bishop Wants to Call God "Allah"
In reply to: Sandi Stevens 's message, "Re: Bishop Wants to Call God "Allah"" on 04:40:06 08/26/07 Sun

I'm with you Sandi. It is important to understand who this Allah of Islam truly is.

About four hundred years before the birth of Muhammad one Amr bin Lahyo, a descendant of Qahtan and king of Hijaz, had put an idol called Hubal on the roof of the Kaba. This was one of the chief deities of the Quraish before Islam (Muhammad The Holy Prophet, Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar (Pakistan), p 18-19, Muslim).

The moon god was also referred to as "al-ilah." This is not a proper name of a single specific god, but a generic reference meaning "the god". Each local pagan Arab tribe would refer to their own local tribal pagan god as "al-ilah."

"al-ilah" was later shortened to Allah before Muhammad began promoting his new religion in 610 AD. There is evidence that Hubal was referred to as "Allah."

When Muhammad came along, he dropped all references to the name "Hubal" but retained the generic "Allah." Muhammad retained almost all the pagan rituals of the Arabs at the Kaba and redefined them in monotheistic terms.

Regardless of the specifics facts, it is clear that Islam is derived from paganism that once worshiped a moon-god.
Although Islam is today a monotheist religion, its roots are in paganism.

Taken from http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-moon-god.htm

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