Christian/Muslim ThreadsAre there elements of paganism in the religion of Islam?Muhammad sanctioned the pagan rituals concerning the Kaba, i.e. kissing the black stone, touching the Kaba, circling the structure, running between the two hills, etc. Later, Umar said to the black stone "I know that you are a stone, that neither helps nor hurts, and if the messenger of god had not kissed you, I would not kiss you". But then he kissed the stone. Like Umar, many other Muslims follow the prophet in their practice of veneration of a pagan idol. Before Muhammad, there was a group of people in Arabia who also abhorred idolatry. They were known as the Hanifites. Even the Hanifites saw that kissing the black stone was pagan idolatry. |
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