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Islam

Pre-Islamic worship:
Muller reports, in 400 BC, in nearby Persian writings, that they wrote, "Allah is exalted" among other gods. This was found across the river from Babylon, but it shows how Allah had moved his influence well beyond Babylon. 

In Babylon the high god was Bel, Ba'al (Ba' IL) LIL had become Enlil, then Be'IL, then ILAH, then Al ILAH, IL-hallabu, and finally Allah. This is the god of Muhammed and the Koran-- "Allah, the unknowable."

"As well as worshipping idols and spirits, found in animals, plants, rocks and water, the ancient Arabs believed in several major gods and goddesses whom they considered to hold supreme power over all things. The most famous of these were Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, Manat and Hubal.   The first three were thought to be the daughters of Allah (God) and their intercessions on behalf of their worshippers were therefore of great significance. Hubal was associated with the Semitic god Ba’al and with Adonis or Tammuz, the gods of spring, fertility, agriculture and plenty."

The Kaaba:
The Ka’ba in Mecca was an ancient place were pagans and Jews, Christians and the new Moslems traveled to pay homage.  Before the advent of Islam, Mecca enjoyed prestige as a pilgrimage center for a myriad of cults. The Ka’ba (the house of god) itself was quite ancient; Diodorus Siculus (circa 90-21 BC) described it as a temple “which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians.”

The Ka’ba reputedly once enshrined the idols of 360 pagan deities. Most popular were three goddesses, al-Uzzah , al-Laat  and  Manat,  known as “the daughters of Allah” by pagan Arabs or the 3 Cranes and Hubal the high god of Mecca.

It used to be circled by naked "pilgrims" who kept their idols/icons, numbering 360 small and big, male and female, inside it and on its roof-top. Among those idols were one for Abraham and another for Ishmael, each carrying divine arrows in his hands. Hubal, a huge idol in the shape of a man, was given as a gift by the Moabites of Syria to the tribesmen of Khuza`ah, and it was Mecca's chief idol.

Two other idols of significance were those of the [al]Lat, a grey granite image which was the deity of Thaqif in nearby Taif, and the Uzza, also a block of granite about twenty feet long. These were regarded as the wives of the Almighty... Each tribe had its own idol, and the wealthy bought and kept a number of idols at home. The stones were said to have fallen from the sun, moon, stars, and planets and to represent cosmic forces. The so-called Black Stone (actually the color of burnt umber) that Muslims revere today is the same one that their forebears  had worshiped well before Muhammad and that they believed had come from the moon.”

The institute of pilgrimage was already there; it simply was not being observed properly, and so was the belief in Allah whom the Arabs regarded as their Supreme deity. Other "religions" in Arabia included stellar worship and fetishism.”

Just as the ancients believed their various gods to be different expressions of the Only god, so did Muhammed, when he united the 360 gods at Mecca into just one god, Allah.

Allat is the feminine of Allah, and she was there from the beginning in Sumer over 2500 years before Muhammed got his alleged revelations in a cave outside of Mecca.
Islam Today

The Kaba is the holiest site in Islam.  Its a large masonry structure in the shape of a cube and it sits on a 10"  marble base pedestal.  Five times a day Islamists pray in the direction of this Kaba no matter where they are in the world. 

Zec 5:5 -11                              

Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth."

I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah going forth." Again he said, "This is their appearance in all the land

(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah."
Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like  the  wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens.

I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?"

Then he said to me, "To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal."
Long before the coming of the austere patriarchal system of Islam, the Arabic people worshipped this trinity of desert Goddesses who were the three facets of the one Goddess. Al-Uzza (?the mighty?) represented the Virgin warrior facet; she was a desert Goddess of the morning star who had a sanctuary in a grove of acacia trees to the south of Mecca, where she was worshipped in the form of a sacred stone. Al-Lat, whose name means simply ?Goddess?, was the Mother facet connected with the Earth and its fruits and the ruler of fecundity. She was worshipped at At-Ta?if near Mecca in the form of a great uncut block of white granite. Manat, the crone facet of the Goddess, ruled fate and death. Her principal sanctuary was located on the road between Mecca and Medina, where she was worshipped in the form of a black uncut stone. (McLean, The Triple Goddess, pg. 80)

If you look at this evidence closely we see that the kaaba itself was also a black uncut stone. History has shown us that the Kaaba may have first been a sign of goddess worship

ILAHA was used for the sun god. This shows that ALLAH WAS THE SUN GOD FIGURE and Allat was the moon goddess. (Hastings, James, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Scribners, NY pg. 248)

History, contrary to bias Islamic claims clearly shows us that Allah before Islam was no more than a heathen deity, who was never addressed by the Arabs as the God of Abraham.  Allat was a Babylonian, or earth and moon goddess.  Her consort Allah was simply the god who impregnates the earth.
(Langdon, Stephen H, The Mythology of All Races, Vol V, Archeological Institute of America, Boston, 1931 pg. 5-19)

The origin of Allah and Allat were as sun and moon deities.
(Zwemmer, (Ed) The Daughters of Allah, By Winnett, F V, MWJ, Vol. XXX, 1940, pg. 120-125).
el-Laat/Allat: Fertility goddess of the Arabs. She was one of the trinity of Arab goddesses named in the Koran. el-Laat was worshipped in the Kaaba
el-Uzzah - The Grain goddess and the youngest of the three daughters of the pre-Islamic Allah. She was the patron goddess of Mecca and was worshipped in the Kaaba. Also known as Venus
Pre-Islamic Arabian Moon Worship
Hajjj /Kaaba 1911
Hajj /Kaaba 21st Century
Inside the Kaaba
Have a look at the 2 pictures below.

So you notice any similarities?

Now look at the Kabba - the black covering is called the Kiswa - a new one is made each year and made from the finest silk.   There are words in gold thread embroidered on it - does it look like the words are placed on the "forehead" of the Kabba?


Rev 17:5 and on her forehead a name {was} written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
The Veiled goddess - The Kaaba
The Veiled Muslim Woman
Notice that there are 3 "women" mentioned in the passage above........ 2 carrying the Ephah and one inside.  Angels have never been referred to as women.  So who are they?..............
The Cresent and the Star
Stone Worship at the Kaaba

Pre Islamic  stone worship

Muslims believe (without proof) that the revered "black stone" (Alhajar Al-Aswad) is a special divine meteorite, that pre-dates creation that fell at the foot of Adam and Eve. It is presently embedded in the southeastern corner of the Kaba. Muslims touch and kiss the black stone during Hajj but non-Muslims are strictly forbidden to even touch it.

The stone has been attacked many times and is now composed of several pieces and fragments, bound together by a silver ligature. It is semicircular and measures about ten inches horizontally and twelve inches vertically.

It is presently embedded in the southeastern corner of the Kaba. Muslims touch and kiss the black stone during Hajj but non-Muslims are strictly forbidden to even touch it.  source



"You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn't know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?"

Acts 19:35


Artemis otherwise known across ancient civilizations as Alilah, Allah, Ariadne, Astartet, Ashtoreth, Cybele, Mother Mater, Diana, Freya, Goddess, Gaia, Gaya, Il, Isis, Ishtar, Jachin, Queen of Heaven(s), Lady Liberty, Laksjmi, (Eternal) Virgin, Moongoddess, Rhea, Sin, Venus
Muhammad re-dedicating the Black Stone
painted in 1315

Black Stone Today ( in pieces ) in its enclosure symbolized by  a  "Silver  Uterus"
In search of the Black Stone of the Kaaba in Istanbul !

Today only muslims can visit Mecca but did you know that some of the pieces of the Black Stone exist outside of Mecca.

We have discussed in other pages about some of the relics of Mecca being in Turkey - well here are some more to add to that list.


Parts of the stone can be seen at the following places:

1 - The tomb of Suleyman at the Sulemaniye mosque                  
















   2 - The Mihrab of the Blue Mosque (Sultanhamet Camii) - tho some do doubt if the Black Stone here is authentic               

















3 - In a small mosque called Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Mosque












                 

 

Above the window inset in the keystone about  5 cm tall and 4 cm wide
Black Stone in the Mihrab of Sultanahmet Camii is about 20 cm wide 12 cm tall and surrounded by a gold trim
There are 4 small pieces of Hajar al Aswad embedded in the walls. Shown circled in yellow.

Each one is about 3 centimeters by 2 centimeters. One is over the mihrab, one is below the lower "pulpit", another is above the upper pulpit and the last is over the entrance door.

The lowest one, below the lower pulpit can just be touched by standing on a red-carpeted step.
This is a close up of the one below the pulpit
At the time of Muhammad, the Ka'abah was OFFICIALLY DEDICATED to the god Hubal, a deity who had been imported into Arabia from the Nabateans in what is now Jordan. But the pre-eminence of the shrine as well as the common belief in Mecca seems to suggest that it may have been dedicated originally to al-Llah, the High God of the Arabs ..." (Karen Armstrong Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet).  The data also points in the direction of Hubal being the Arabic for the Hebrew Ha Baal, "the Baal."
Baal
Hubal
Ba’al was a god who had three daughters, just like Allah. It is not at all improbable that Ba’al with his three daughters passed, with some modifications and evolution due to the passage of time, to being Hubal with three daughters - Hubal (the lord) known also by the name Allah


Baal = Hubal = Allah
The goddess in Pre Islamic Arabia

In Pre-Islamic Arabia the Hindu merchants passed through Mecca frequently.  It was a major trading hub.  The ancient Indian Vedic texts all refer to Mecca as a place where Alla the Mother goddess was worshipped.  In Sanskrit language Alla means "mother" and was connected to the Hindu goddess Ila.  She was the wife/consort of the hindu god Shiva known as ll.  There was a great cultural exchange between the merchants of Mecca and those in India so it is understandable that this form of Shiva could have been worshipped in Pre Islamic Mecca. Further reading on the link with Hinduism here.

Some scholars have discovered that the Pre Islamic Arabs believed that Allah was the greatest god and that Allah had delegated certain functions of the universe to lesser gods and goddesses.  The Aabs would therefore turn to these gods and goddesses to intercede on their behalf to Allah. 

In Mecca stood the large cuboid building known today as the Ka'ba.  There were 360 idols in the temple and those Arabs visiting Mecca as pilgrims would curcumambulate the Kaba as part of their religous rites seven times.  The Pre Islamic Arab men performed this during the day naked while the women performed this at night naked!  It  was a holy site to the worshippers of El’Ka’ba (a goddess). Her worshippers knelt at her symbol, a jet black stone. This jet-black stone was probably a meteorite, and the Hajar Al-Aswad was once known as the ‘Old Woman’.  Today the stone is served by men called Beni Shaybah (the Sons of the Old Woman).

The crescent moon goddess (and virgin warrior Goddess of the morning star), Al-Uzza, was known to the pre-Islamic Arabs as “The Mighty”. Some scholars believe that in very ancient times, it was she who was considered enshrined in the black stone of Mecca, where she was served by priestesses. Her sacred grove of acacia trees once stood just south of Mecca, at Nakla. The Acacia tree was sacred to the Arabs who made the idol of Al-Uzza from its wood.  Other names of the goddess are Kububa, Kuba, Kube and the Latin Cybele.

Other scholars say that this meteorite was brought to Mecca by the Sabeans or the Ethiopians and state that the goddess who dwelt in the sacred black stone was given the title Shayba who represented the Moon in its threefold existence - waxing, (maiden), full (pregnant mother) and waning (old wise woman).

During Pre Islamic times the Ka'ba had fresco paintings including those of Abraham and the " Virgin Mary" with  Jesus depicted as a child.  When Muhammad took over the Ka'ba he removed most of these pagan elements but he specifically left the fresco of the Virgin Mother and her child on the wall in the Ka'ba.

Shayba - Arabic-Aramaean title of the Great Goddess. Shayba was Old Woman whose spirit dwelt  in the Sacred Stone of the Kaaba in Mecca.   Shayba was the land-name and the Goddess-name of Arabian queens in the ancient seat of government, Marib in southern Arabia (now Yemen).Shebat was the Mesopotamian moon-goddess(a variation of Hebat or Eve), and the month named after her. In Assyria the ancient head of the family was called shebu, formerly a matriarch and later a tribal elder of either sex. A.G.H.
Sources: Walker, Barbara G. The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. New York, HarperCollins, 1983. p. 931


In The Days of Ignorance

In Arabian archaeology a large number of inscriptions on rocks, tablets and walls, have pointed to the worship of a family of four; one male and his three ‘daughters’ or goddesses. Those three goddesses are sometimes engraved together with Allah, represented by a crescent moon above them. But Allah was the ‘Lord of the Kaaba… Lord of Manat, al-Lat, and al-Uzza…and even as ‘Lord of Sirius’.’(Peters, Muhammad, 98.) His ‘daughters’ were his associates, helpers and were themselves worshipped, after the manner of ancient Babylonian customs and symbolised by astronomical symbols.

Every family in Mecca had at home an idol which they worshiped. Whenever one of them purposed to set out on a journey, his last act before leaving the house would be to touch the idol in hope of an auspicious journey; and on his return, the first thing he would do was to touch it again in gratitude for a propitious return.

The Arabs were passionately fond of worshiping idols. Some of them took unto themselves a temple around which they centered their worship, while others adopted an idol to which they offered their adoration. The person who was unable to build himself a temple or adopt an idol would erect a stone in front of the Sacred House or in front of any other temple which he might prefer, and then circumambulate it in the same manner in which he would circumambulate the Sacred House. The Arabs called these stones baetyls. Whenever these stones resembled a living form they called then' idols  and images. The act of circumambulating them they called circumrotation.

Whenever a traveler stopped at a place or station in order to rest or spend the night, he would select for himself four stones, pick out the finest among them and adopt it as his god, and use the remaining three as supports for his cooking-pot. On his departure he would leave them behind, and would do the same on his other stops.

The Arabs were  to offer sacrifices before all these idols, baetyls, and stones. Nevertheless they were aware of the excellence and superiority of the Ka'bah, to which they went on pilgrimage and visitation. What they did on their travels was a perpetuation of what they did at the Ka'bah, because of their devotion to it.

Hubal












The Quraysh had also several idols in and around the Ka'bah. The greatest of these was Hubal. It was made of red agate, in the form of a man with the right hand broken off.  It came into the possession of the Quraysh in this condition, and they, therefore, made for it a hand of gold.

It stood inside the Ka'bah. In front of it were seven divination arrows. On one of these arrows was written "pure" , and on another "consociated alien". Whenever the lineage of a new-born was doubted, they would offer a sacrifice to Hubal and then shuffle the arrows and throw them. If the arrows showed the word "pure," the child would be declared legitimate and the tribe would accept him. If, however, the arrows showed the words "consociated alien," the child would be declared illegitimate and the tribe would reject him.

The third arrow was for divination concerning the dead, while the fourth was for divination concerning marriage. The purpose of the three remaining arrows has not been explained. Whenever they disagreed concerning something, or purposed to embark upon a journey, or undertake some project, they would proceed to Hubal and shuffle the divination arrows before it. Whatever result they obtained they would follow and do accordingly.





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