Moon God Hype

The Sword of Intellect
Book - 3
The Moon God Hype
By: Mohammed Fareeduddin Siddique

Book Number: 3 Document number: 3.01 Dated Updated: 19th March 2004.
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[Is Allah a Moon-God?]
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On the net chatting, this time on Paltalk portal, a follower of St. Paul [Christian] stumbled on to me. He boasted that Muslims were Idolaters; he said this in a very different way. His ways of saying this was very different than other Paulean attackers I have met on the internet. This person was real nice in explaining to me as to why I was an Idolater. His claim or allegation was real appealing to the chat room Christians for sure. I was taken by surprise to see a Paulean spending lot of time in a discussion with me after a long period of time. I perceive that, if my Lamb of Jesus had attempted on any unaware Muslim brother, he would most certainly have won the discussion in the first attempt. His chat with me was one hour and 45 minutes long. He displayed immense sense of patience with me and was also a Bible thumper. It was very much obvious that he had read Quran from some internet Bible sites. His attempts to brandish me as an idolater forced me write this paper. I strongly believe that this paper shall serve as a guide to my fellow brethren when they face such seriously trained Paulean attackers. During the discussion with this person, I was told by other room participants that it was a Lady, she confessed to me, in the last part of the discussion that she attends a Methodist cathedral workshops in Houston, which holds such workshops to deter the Muslim unawares folks. The church, as she said, pays them to do such activities on the internet. And she openly told me before she left, that I was displaying a real sense of responsibility in explaining her why she was not to the mark and why she was not being realistic. I wonder what has happened to her, I did not see her on the net hence forth, neither did she responded to my repeated emails. The below is the narrative of that days discussion. In the year 1944, in Washington, D.C a professor of literature, Mr. Carleton S. Coon, wrote and published a book titled Southern Arabia. There is not much preface to this book, neither does the author of this book gives any background of his life to re-trace his credentials and authority of his education or his family back ground. In the year 1981, a self styled archeologist, Robert [Bob] Morey wrote another tale to add to Coons lies. Morey, meticulously quotes Dr. Coon to support his baseless claims in his book of lies. Robert Morey wrote the book titled The Moon-God Allah in the Archeology of the Middle east I shall write a paper giving illustrious narrative of these books and their authors claims and their follys being exposed, inshallah. My discussion partners name was Sims Janes, a staunch follower of the St. Paul, a staunch Biblical Christian, she started with a question. Why do Muslims worship Moon God? I answered her with a plain NO. Muslims do not worship the Moon but the creator of the Moon. But you have the crescent moon as your symbol and you follow a lunar calendar. She said So you are actually worshipping the moon God then I responded to her that the significance of the Lunar calendar is in the Quran to mark the start of a month. This varies from one year to the other. So you can have the pleasure of fasting in the Ramadan in all seasons of the year. Say for example the Ramadan in the year 1983 was in the Month of May and in 2004 it is in the Month of December, meaning it variates from summer to winter and autumn to rainy seasons over the globe.
Page 2 of 8 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This document in not intended to hurt any sects religious, emotional feelings. Any thing that is written by a human being is susceptible to errors (like the present day Bible). If there is any truth in this paper, then it is from Allh s.w.t, the typo errors (if any) are from myself, Allh s.w.t forgive me for my human / typo errors. I can be contacted at author@fareedsiddique.com. I will be happy to clarify any doubts from my Christian friends in particular and all others in general. Fareed Siddique.
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I said, we Muslims do not worship the moon or the sun, but their creator, Allah s.w.t. Quran instructs us clearly: Surah 41. Fussilat verse 37. And from among His Signs are the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate to Allh Who created them, if you (really) worship Him. Sim Janes questioned again in a different way this time, the question was identical but twisted. What is the significance of the crescent moon in Islam then? I limited my answer by quoting the verse of Surah Baqarah. They ask you about the new moons. Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage (Qur'n AlBaqarah 2:189). Sim Janes, reiterated again Why does Muslims follow a lunar calendar? I said, in both the Bible and the Qur'n religious festivals are regulated by the lunar calendar. Jews and Muslims have kept to these regulations which they believe to be from God. Why does followers of Paul, follow a solar calendar? Is there any basis for doing this in the Bible? Now, my Bible thumpers biblical literacy was in jeopardy. She confessed I am not aware of any such thing from the Bible, but give me time; I shall ask others here and let you know later. My Paulean questioner was silent for a while, she typed nothing in the chat room, and meanwhile another Paulean gathered guts to ask another question. Why then the festival of Ramadan is marked on the appearance of the crescent moon? I said God commanded us in the Qur'n to fast from dawn to sunset during the month called Ramadan (see Qur'n 2:185, 187). The beginning and end of the month is determined by the crescent (2:189) based on the instruction of God's Messenger, Mohammed(.) Sim Janes comes back with the question twisted in more meticulous way. She asked again Why is Allah the Moon God? I answered her is a different way this time, I quoted Allh is the standard Arabic word for "God" and is used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims (Britannica, 1990 Edition, vol.1, p.276). So your question is null and void, instead Allah is NOT the Moon God, but the creator of the moon and the son and the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. The names of the moon-god were Wadd, 'Amm, Sin, and il-Muqah. Allh was never the name of any invented Moon-god, despite Morey's desperate pleading. Sim Janes now came with some prototype questions. These questions are framed by the authors I have mentioned in this paper. She typed, rather copy-pasted: Did the Meccans worship the true God since they recognized Allh? Was Allh one of the gods of the Ka'bah? And if so, where did the Meccans derive the recognition and the name of Allh from? I was a bit surprised by the question; I scratched my head, as to how she jumped to the name Meccans? I recalled having read something somewhere in context of this question. I then sensed that she is upto some sort of Anti Muslim web sites Mischief. The Names Morey and Coon flashed my mind; I had to open my home work book. Then I copy pasted the answer from my home work book [This paper]. I said, first Allh was not one of the 360 idols which were in the Ka'abah, although Morey has claimed this without
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evidence. When the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) entered Meccah victorious he went into the Ka'abah and broke the idols therein. Allh to the Arabs was the Lord of the Ka'abah. He was the unseen God whom they would call upon when in distress. Yes, they worshipped the true God but their worship was not purely for Him. They also worshipped other gods thinking that they would act as intermediaries between them and the true God Allh. The Arabs know of Allh because Abraham visited Meccah and together with his son Ishmael laid the foundation of the Ka'abah. The descendants of Ishmael retained some of the worship rites and beliefs from Abraham. This included their knowledge of the true God Allh. For all the Arabs the word Allah means God. Allh is the standard Arabic word for "God" and is used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims (Britannica, 1990 Edition, vol.1, p.276). I said tom Sim Janes, if this is not the case, then the Bibles in Arabic language would not have the Name Allah for God. If Allah is the Moon-God, then the Bible in Arabic language has to be revised again. Maybe Revised, Standard, authorized, latest new King James Version, breathed by God would be a better title of the Bible revised yet again Sim. The chat room was silent for a while, maybe in disgust, there were 84 chat participants at that time as I noted. Sim Janes came back with a question again Does the Bible in Arabic language have the word Allah for God? Janes! I said, Yesssss! It does, the word for God in Arabic is Allah and for deity its ilah ask Morey about it and also inform him to rename the Bible revising it as I have proposed Revised, Standard, authorized, latest new King James Version, breathed by God. She again posted a typical anti-Muslim web site question Dr. Robert Morey proves in his book that Allh is the name of the moon god worshipped in Arabia before Islam. Is he right? I again had to post an answer from my homework bookthus: The book you refer to is entitled The Islamic Invasion: Confronting the World's Fastest Growing Religion. The author, Dr. Robert Morey, sees Islam as an invasion into North America and a threat to his religious heritage. Unfortunately, Dr. Morey has resorted to dishonest tactics in combating Islam. To prove his contention that Allh is not the God of Christians and Jews, he quoted from several books in such a dishonest fashion that the quotations say the opposite of what we find in those books. Dr. Morey quoted from the Encyclopedia Britannica to support his case. But in fact the Encyclopedia says: Allh is the standard Arabic word for "God" and is used by Arab Christians as well as by Muslims (Britannica, 1990 Edition, vol.1, p.276). Sim Janes, I said, If thats not the case, then why not ask Morey to revise the Bible in Arabic language to suit to his requirements. I strongly believe if he does renames the Bible in Arabic language according to my recommendations, hed be killed by the Arab Christians themselves. Dr. Morey also quoted from H A R Gibb to support his case. But Gibb actually says the opposite. In his book Mohammedanism, Gibb says on page 26 that both Muhammad () and his opponents believed in the existence of a supreme God Allh. Gibb further explained this
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on pages 37-38. Dr. Morey should have checked his references more carefully before his book went into print. Dr. Morey said that Alfred Guillaume agrees with him, and he refers to page 7 of Alfred Guillaume's book entitled Islam. But here is what Alfred Guillaume actually says on page 7 of his book: In Arabia Allh was known from Christian and Jewish sources as the one God, and there can be no doubt whatever that he was known to the pagan Arabs of Mecca as the supreme being. How could Dr. Morey misquote like this? Dr. Morey quoted from page 28 of a book by another non-Muslim writer Caesar Farah [Nation of Islam cult]. But when we refer to that book we find that Dr. Morey gave only a partial quotation which leaves out the main discussion. The book actually says that the God who was called iI by the Babylonians and el by the Israelites was called ilah, al-ilah, and eventually Allh in Arabia. Farah, says further on page 31 that before Islam the pagans had already believed that Allh is the supreme deity. Of course they had 360 idols, but, contrary to Dr. Morey's assertion, Allh was never one of the 360 idols. As Caesar Farah points out on page 56, the Prophet Muhammad ( ) personally destroyed those idols. Dr. Morey also quoted from William Montgomery Watt. But Watt says on page 26 of his book that the Arabic word Allh is similar to the Greek term ho theos which we know is the way God is referred to in the New Testament. Dr.Morey quoted from Kenneth Cragg's book entitled The Call of the Minaret. However, on page 36 of Kenneth Cragg's book we find the following: Since both Christian and Muslim faiths believe in One supreme sovereign Creator-God, they are obviously referring when they speak of Him, under whatever terms, to the same Being. I said, Sim Janes, further on the same page, Cragg explains that the One whom the Muslims call Allh is the same One whom the Christians call 'the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.' although the two faiths understand Him differently. Sim Janes then said, Oh I see, you seems to have read these books in details I said No, Sim Janes, but I do my homework properly before I come to you folks in these chat rooms. And I am fully prepared to face questions from you, as you saw so far. Would you like to stop here, until you get more questions from whatever sources you are getting these questions from? Sim Janes said No, since the discussion is getting really interesting to me, and as I did not get such answers from a Muslim before, I would like to continue. But let us stop here and come to a private chat room. I gave her a plain NO to her call to chat privately and not in the public chat where there were 218 chat-participants at that time as we discussed. Most of them were watching the FUN seldom did any one questioned our discussion. It was almost over one hour by this time in the chat room. One Pastor came in and started to abuse our Prophet Mohammed , and was Bounced (thrown out of the chat room) by Sim Janes, as she was the moderator of this chat room on the Paltalk portal.
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This time, Sim Janes said to me, addressing me by name, Fareed, but the real practical Idolatry of the Muslims is evident from their prostration to the stone Idol, presently in the Makkah city, called as Kaba. So Muslims are practicing Idolaters then Sim I said, I had answered this question umpteen times to the followers of St. Paul, here it comes again for you. I said, Muslims do not worship the Kaaba but we worship the creator of Kaaba in the direction of Kaaba. She asked again What about the black stone on the kaba, why do Muslim bow to it if they are not Idolaters? Sim Janes, I said, Kaaba is the Qibla i.e. the direction Muslims face during their prayers. It is important to note that though Muslims face the Kaaba during prayers, they do not worship the Kaaba. Muslims worship and bow to none but Allah. It is mentioned in Surah Baqarah: "We see the turning of thy face (for guidance) to the heavens: now shall We turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque: wherever ye are, turn your faces in that direction." [Al-Quran 2:144] According to Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, book of Hajj, chapter 56, H.No. 675. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet ( ) touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you". People stood on Kaaba and gave the adhaan at the time of the Prophet; people even stood on the Kaaba and gave the adhaan or the call to prayer. One may ask those who allege that Muslims worship the Kaaba; which idol worshipper stands on the idol he worships Sim Janes? She conveniently preferred not to answer my question, but had more to say and do.
For once, I decided to counter her allegations [after having proved her that Muslims are no
idolaters] with a visual aid, I sent her a picture, the file I am showing below. I said, Sim Janes, in the Bible too God says Leviticus 26:1, "Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God." Why do you, Sim Janes, worship Idols? She came back with a usual Paulean answer, We do not worship Idols, we worship our God the Lord She claimed again See Fareed we Christians are not Idol worshippers as taught to you by your Mullahs I asked her, in her own ways, why then you Sim Janes have a graven image of Jesus Christ in your worships, prayers, supplications, hearts, the Idol of Jesus Christ? I asked her, if she had received the picture I had sent her over the Paltalk portal. She answered me Yes Fareed, I am seeing them now. I asked her, why do you Idol worship? Here is her answer, word by word as appears below. And see the pictures she received below. Sim Janes said Jesus is the God, the God-the-Son, God in flesh, so that picture is right and its the way the God has to be worshipped Sim Janes said again, taking advantage of my momentary silence Fareed I understand you are a very patient and ear-lending person, but alas you are not saved, I wish you were saved. But shall write you emails at the email address you have given to me.
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My Paltalk chat window closed, with a message You have been bounced from the chat room by Sim Janes, the room Moderator. I was ejected out of the chat room by force for what I have shown to my chat-mate Mrs. Sim Janes, the wife of Mr. Ross Janes the head of Methodist cathedral in Houston USA. I wait in vain for her promised emails! The above pictures and the statements such as "The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, he
is Jesus Christ himself" -Catholic National July 1895. "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty Pope Leo XIII Gives us a clear un-refutable proof of the present day idolatry committed by the
Christendom, some un-knowingly and some deliberately!
The Noble Quran Chapter 6. Al-An'm verse 24. Look! How they lie against themselves! But the (lie) which they invented will disappear from them.
Sadaqallah al Azeem.
O my Christian reader! Respond to your Lord before a Day comes from Allah [S.W.T], which cannot be turned back. On that Day you will have no hiding-place and no means of denial. (Noble Quran, Surat ash-Shura: 47) Except for those who are steadfast and do right actions. They will receive forgiveness and a large reward. (Surah Hud, 11) So far, I have described the Qur'anic understanding of patience and have highlighted how it differs from the understanding held by those who are far from religion of Islam by comparing their behavior and the disbelief of the followers of St. Paul. I invite you now, O my Christian reader, to use your intellect and be a true believer, a truthful submitter to your and my God Allah [ .] May Allah [ ] bestow upon you his mercy and help you understand the fallacies of the Christian Pauline religion of Saul of Tarus...Ameen, ya Rabbal Izzah.
Color codes in this Document: Red italics are the words as in the bible an in NKJV / KJV / RSV / NIV / ASV / LB. Blue italics are the Holy verses of Quran Al-Kareem English translations by
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Yousuf Ali / Pickthal. Black italics are the words as they say it. Normal blacks are my words, Bolded words are my emphasis. The orange colors are the words of Sim Janes.

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The Sword of Intellect

The Moon God Hype

By: Mohammed Fareeduddin Siddique

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Christendom, some un-knowingly and some deliberately!

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