I want to know your reasoning behind it, and if u are basing this belief on what you have researched or what you have been told.
2006-08-17 10:03:12 · 11 answers · asked by WhiteHat 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cresent moon and star was from the flag of the ottoman empire, it just stuck to islam because people associated with islam.
la-ilah means the god, sheesh, every tribe at that time refered to their diety as la-ilah or allah. Allah mans god in arabic pretty plain and simple.
2006-08-17 10:21:24 · update #1
People want to make Islam seem alien and "wrong," so they can hate it easyer.
2006-08-17 10:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Girl Wonder 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I took several religion courses at a SACS accredited liberal arts college. In one course we studied the history of Islam. In that course we were taught that Mohammad made one of the many pagan gods of his culture to be the supreme god of Mohammedanism. He was called Allah the god of the moon. Allah in Aramaic translates into English the same word we use as God. However it does not refer to the same being. Compare the Bible and the Koran and you will see. Mohammad taught that Allah would be tho only god for his people from that time forward. Those who wanted to keep the rest of their gods Mohammad killed or had killed. Now that about all I remember-are you telling me I was taught wrong? I will need some proof.
2006-08-17 17:21:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been told this by three separate university professors who are Middle East experts. None of these men have any reason to lie and no particular hostility to Islam. If we're ignorant, how do you explain the symbol for Islam is a crescent moon (hint: the minor moon god (Allah) that Mohammed's family worshiped before Islam also had a crescent moon as his symbol.)
2006-08-17 17:11:48 · answer #3 · answered by Crusader1189 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ancient Sabeans worshipped a pantheon of gods. The pro Mo simply chose what he considered to be the principal god and created a religion in his own likeness.
Al-ilah was the name of the Sabean moon god. It was shortened to "allah", but in spite of the name change, the origin remains the same. This is the god of the night, of darkness. The antithesis of the God who said "Let there be light".
To this day the crescent moon and star are the symbol of Islam.
And yes, I researched it.
2006-08-17 17:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have read about the Gods at Mecca and mohammed distroyed all accept allah seeing it the big stone he could not but they beleave it was from the moon and yes that is was the hod of the moon my research has lead me to other conclutions but I must admit it is all from books but not anty islamic books
2006-08-17 17:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by Sam's 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who? Allah? The guy runnin' the 7-11 down the street?
2006-08-17 17:08:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
mainly because the pagan arabs of pre-islam used to worship many gods, but mohammad only wanted them to worship ONE god. so mohammad let the pagans to keep worshipping only the moon god "allah" inorder to convert them to his new religion>
2006-08-17 17:09:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Exactly how is it that you know they're ignorant, but you don't know why they think it. I don't have the answer to your question, but it's just seems like poor thinking on your part. You can't assume someones ignorant, when you yourself are ignorant of they're knowledge or lack of knowledge.
2006-08-17 17:11:07 · answer #8 · answered by westfallwatergardens 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do not know. Some of the other answers are interesting. Good luck getting answers you like!
2006-08-17 17:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.chick.com/information/religions/islam/default.asp is what people base that on.
2006-08-17 17:09:59 · answer #10 · answered by i luv teh fishes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋