true Rock being God? "For their (surrounding enemy nations) rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges."
Jack Daniels Black Label: correct Muslims will not say they worhship this rock. But they also call the Ka'aba the "House of Allah". One of the 5 pillars of Islam is to journey to Mecca at least once in their lives, and circumambulate this mosque which houses the rock, seven times counterclockwise; some do 12 times. When Muslims pray, they face this house of Allah. Long ago, this rock was thought to be lunar in origin. And, in fact, the head of the 360 allahs of the Bedouine pantheon was the moongod. Thus each mosque has the cresant moon atop of it, honoring the family deity of Mohammad- for he destroyed all other idol gods of the Ka'aba. They can claim what they will, but this rock is the reason these worshipping began long ago.
Jack Daniels Black Label: correct Muslims will not say they worhship this rock. But they also call the Ka'aba the "House of Allah". One of the 5 pillars of Islam is to journey to Mecca at least once in their lives, and circumambulate this mosque which houses the rock, seven times counterclockwise; some do 12 times. When Muslims pray, they face this house of Allah. Long ago, this rock was thought to be lunar in origin. And, in fact, the head of the 360 allahs of the Bedouine pantheon was the moongod. Thus each mosque has the cresant moon atop of it, honoring the family deity of Mohammad- for he destroyed all other idol gods of the Ka'aba. They can claim what they will, but this rock is the reason these worshipping began long ago.
