Supposedly, Islam's Allah is the same god as the Jehovah of the Jews and Christians. Until around 600 AD, Allah supposedly sent many prophets and none of them said that Allah thought Mecca was important, or even mentioned Mecca at all. Then suddenly, Mohammed comes along and says the Allah wants everyone to bow towards Mecca when praying and visit there at least once. It seems a bit queer that all of sudden, God should decide that this town is so incredibly important when he never mentioned it before.
Are there any Muslim sects that believe that the rules about Mecca are not divinely inspired? Or do all the Muslims in the world actually just go along with this weird sudden fetish that God supposedly developed for Mecca?
2007-06-14 04:30:59 · 8 answers · asked by Azure Z 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mecca was and is the first place on earth where man worshipped Allah(swt).
2007-06-14 04:35:10 · answer #1 · answered by je 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a Muslims belief and we just have to respect that. It is not where God wants the people to face when praying but it is what Mohammed was told to by his angel to signify the last prophet's encounter with God.
2007-06-14 11:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The importance of Mecca started before Islam. From the days that Abraham left his wife & infant son Ishmael in Mecca, and the well of Zamzam that started flowing there. ....."
All muslims face the Kab'ah when praying
2007-06-14 11:40:30 · answer #3 · answered by mete 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just by reading the Koran then reading the bible, there are no similarities between God and Allah and they are most definelty NOT the same.
2007-06-14 11:33:49 · answer #4 · answered by Lauren. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Allah used to go there for the nightlife when he was young. Great bars and tons of women to toss around like they were second rate citizens.
2007-06-14 11:35:20 · answer #5 · answered by jjayferg 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
well, then lets see, they arn't the same thing, and 2 its wehre mohammed died, and drove out some evil dudes and put his dudeness relgion in there or something
2007-06-14 11:36:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
whoever said allah is the same as Jehovah was lying to you sweetie.
2007-06-14 11:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by Christi F 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
ITS THE HOLY LAND
2007-06-16 23:40:07 · answer #8 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋