The Hajj: How much from Pagan Rituals?
It is well known that Hajj was practised during pagan Arabia, many years before Mohamad. So:
1. How many times the pagans went round the Kabba, and how many times the Muslims do the same now?
2. Did the pagans through stones as the Muslims do now?
3. Did the pagans sacrifice animals as the Muslims do now?
4. What did the pagan men wear then, and why do Muslimmen wear only a cloth now?
5. What did the pagan women wear then and what do the Muslim women wear now?
6. What did the pagan women do when they reached the black stone?
7. By which part of the body did the pagan women touch, or rub, against the black stone.
8. Is there any difference in the ritual of Hajj in Medina between what used to happen in pagan times and what Muslims do today when they go to Hajj?
9. Surely Mohamed stoped the worse of the pagan rituals. Which of the pagan rituals did Mohamed stop?
It will be interesting to answer these, and other questions.