Light wrote:Moon worship has been practiced in Arabia since 2000 BC.
The moon god was also referred to as "al-ilah". This is not a proper name of a single specific god, but a generic reference meaning "the god". Each local pagan Arab tribe would refer to their own local tribal pagan god as "al-ilah". "al-ilah" was later shortened to Allah before Muhammad was born in 610 AD.
There is evidence that Hubal was referred to as "Allah".
When Muhammad came along, he dropped all references to the name "Hubal" but retained the generic "Allah".
Muhammad retained almost all the pagan rituals of the Arabs at the Kaba and redefined them in monotheistic terms.
Regardless of the specifics of the facts, it is clear that Islam is derived from paganism that once worshiped a moon-god.
Although Islam is today a monotheist religion, its roots are in paganism.
indonesian bible refers god as "Allah"
http://www.sabda.org/sabdaweb/bible/cha ... e=original
malay bible refers god as "Allah"
http://www.godrules.net/austronesian.ht ... ar12.htm&2
does this means indonesian and malay CHRISTIANS WORSHIP THE MOON GOD???