Allah is not the Moon God as bigots claim.

[Amergin]

Allah is a variation of the Judaic God. In prehistoric Amorite theology, El, Elohim, Eloah. El, the father god, has many divine sons, who are known by the plural of his name, Elohim, or Els. Eloah, might then be used to differentiate each of the lesser gods from El himself. In Islam, the divine name Allahumma, used in the Qur'an as a variation of Allah, is clearly related to El, Eloah, Els, and Elohim. It has nothing to do with the Moon.

Hubal, Illat, Ta'lab, and Wadd are the Moon gods of ancient Arabian mythology.

You are confused because the crescent moon and star are used as symbols on Islamic flags and buildings. The origin goes back thousands of years before Muhammad who did not use the Crescent Moon symbol.

The pre-Christian Greek city of Byzantium used the Crescent Moon and star as the flag of the city before Christians renamed the city, Constantinople. The Pagan and later Islamic Turkic people of central Asia used the Crescent Moon symbol of the heavens.

The false claim that Allah was a Moon God is simply Christian anti-Muslim propaganda (or a lie.)

Amergin

 

[c0de]

... Muhammad who did not use the Crescent Moon symbol.

Yea, the Prophet used a simple Black Flag.

Most Muslims today don't know this.

Thanks 4 bringing it up.

 

[Snoopy]

And there I was thinking your avatar was the anarchist symbol...

s.

 

[Amergin]

And there I was thinking your avatar was the anarchist symbol...

s.

My avatar is an ancient Pagan Celtic Symbol. I do not believe in any gods, but I am culturally a Celtic Pagan with some Celtic Christian modification.

I have some negative views on modern Islam, but I deplore using lie tactics such as the Moon God crap. Stick to facts or supportable assumptions.

The Triple centred spirals were later adopted by Christian monks as a symbol of the Trinity.



Amergin

 

[wil]

Most Muslims are fully aware that the crescent moon and star is not thier logo, and that they don't have one.

As I understand it the sign of a Muslim is the five pillars. Not a flag, or logo representation of the five pillars but them performing, following the five pillars.

The crescent moon and star are representative of Byzantium, and are on nations that came out of Persia, the Ottoman empire ended up carrying the symbol...

 

[c0de]

And there I was thinking your avatar was the anarchist symbol...

s.

I'm sure the guy that made this particular image meant it to be.

But Muslims were using it well before there were any anarchists around.

Most Muslims are fully aware that the crescent moon and star is not thier logo, and that they don't have one.

You'd think so wil, but when i brought up the subject with my friends, none of them knew.

Actually, i didn't even know until I saw it mentioned in a documentary or something

 

[wil]

I'm sure the guy that made this particular image meant it to be.

But Muslims were using it well before there were any anarchists around.

You'd think so wil, but when i brought up the subject with my friends, none of them knew.

Actually, i didn't even know until I saw it mentioned in a documentary or something

Wow,

Interesting, now I've got to do more extensive research. I first learned this from Muslim friends....

 

[Muslimwoman]

Wow,

Interesting, now I've got to do more extensive research. I first learned this from Muslim friends....

Hi Wil

A short 2 min video by Abdal Hakim Murad on this subject explaining how late in Islamic history the cresent began being taken as the "Islamic symbol" but in my experience most Muslims are aware it is a late addition.

YouTube - The Crescent: A Legitimate Symbol of Islam?

He has written some excellent articles on various contentious issues, which if you're interested you can find here http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/ahm/default.htm