Identification of Allah

Submitted by DEBORAH THE JUDGE (United States), Apr 3, 2012 at 10:58

Isn't this easily solved by simply researching the history of how Mohammedism/Islam came to be? I refer to the story of him being in the cave with all of the 360 idols that he and his ancestors had worshipped in Arab lands for thousands of years. These people were never monotheistic until an earthquake erupted and supposedly the stone moon god Al Ilah was the only one left standing. Therefore the chant "Al Ilah akbar," or in other words Al Ilah is the greatest of all gods, became their battle cry. The need for a script for the coming adherents to this newly renovated religion was urgent, so they counterfeited the Judeo-Christian testaments and came up with the quran. As for the question " who is this allah that energizes his followers to such murderous violence?" ...

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