I think this is a very interesting read. The people of Mecca that Mohammed and his followers slaughtered before taking over were followers of a polytheistic religion. The sacred symbol of Islam is the Crescent Moon which is the same symbol of Lord Siva thousands of years before Islam was founded. This is just one of the many connections Therefor I think Hindus should once again be allowed to enter the sacred shine. please read the article. it is their right! http://www.hinduism.co.za/kaabaa.htm what are your thoughts?
That's interesting, but the only real evidence shows merely that the kaaba was built by some ancient polytheistic culture, and Arabia has hoasted myriad pantheons over many thousands of years. Religions do tend to morph, though, so in all likelihood there is a common root somewhere. {For discussion's sake, the legends are that it was constructed by old Abe and his sons, or that it fell to earth and was carved into its shape by the desert tribes present at the time.}
yeah but what about the inscriptions on the back of the golden shields and the inscriptions on the side which are cleary sanskrit? Catstevens: any input on this subject? I would really like to hear your opinion on the matter
Hindus should be allowed to enter. The main reason they dont want non-muslims to enter is because they fear it might be recaptured. That is no longer feasable. Hindus built the temple. They should be able to visit
It might come as a stunning revelation to many that the word ‘ALLAH’ itself is Sanskrit. In Sanskrit language Allah, Akka and Amba are synonyms. They signify a goddess or mother. The term ‘ALLAH’ forms part of Sanskrit chants invoking goddess Durga, also known as Bhavani, Chandi and Mahishasurmardini. The Islamic word for God is., therefore, not an innovation but the ancient Sanskrit appellation retained and continued by Islam. Allah means mother or goddess and mother goddess.
Josephus wrote in "Against Apion," that the jews were descended from the philosphers of India. As much as the Jews and the Arabs hate to admit it, they are related through Abraham...pick one version or the other, they are still half brothers (recent DNA evidence indicates that the sephartic(sp) jews are more closely related to arabs than any other group). Bottom line is they both share the same origins and there would be no suprise if part of that origin contained contact with india. Having said that, there would be very little suprise if the majority of north americans had some european ancestors...or folks in Japan had "asian" ancestors.
Dude, everybody knows this. Genetically, Linguistically, everything... Muslims don't go around denying their relation to Hindus- I don't know why it's worth bringing up. And, for the sake of accuracy, "Al-Lah (swt)" was borrowed from the old pagan pantheon, kind of the Zeus figure. People don't just make up a name for a God and 'now let's move on to the next step!'
well actually the question I'm trying to ask is why cant non-muslims enter the Kaaba since it was originally built by non-muslims. Shouldn't non-muslims have that right as well? and basically I just want to know everyones opinion on that matter.
No, the Kaaba is their place, they control it and it is significant to them. I respect the right of Muslims to keep their holy sights as they see fit. I would, however, like to see Muslims have the same respect for other relogion's holy sights. There is an absolute historical and present day disregard by Muslims of the holy sights of Jews, Christians, Hindus and all others. Hell, how did the Muslims react to the Pope's absolutely stupid remarks the other day???, by burning Christian churches. How would Muslims react worldwide if one Muslim site was destroyed (by non-Muslims that is, heck they burn down or dynamite the Sunni or Shiite places themselves quite regularly). There would be riots in all the Muslim cities, calls for death to this person or death to that person, calls for beheadings, death to America or Death to Isreal, etc, etc. There would be thousands of Muslims and Arabs holding up signs conviently printed in English which I am pretty sure that damned few of them could actually read. There would be faked pictures of rocket attacked ambulances, totally bogus facts and figures, body counts yada yada yada. I can just hear it all now...makes me want to puke.
It's pretty well respected that the Kaaba is strictly Muslim. Most non-muslims don't even care if they're allowed to go there or not, It has no significance to them. It would be like an atheist complaning because some Catholic priest refused to baptize him. Seriously, I don't see any Hindus whining over the fact that they aren't allowed to go somewhere that their ancestors may or may not have built way back before recorded account of things.
