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Very nice research article, but although it is targeted to Christian missionaries who argue that the Queen of Sheba and her subjects worshipped the Moon as their main deity, the Qur'an says different.[ Source ]
But I like to know if you all agree where the Kingdom of Sheba is located according to the authors. Posts: 2198 | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote: Sun worship was a religious practice that developed in some lands as people came to associate the sun with the growing season and with warmth. It developed especially among agricultural peoples, who needed sunshine for their crops. Sun worship was important in the cultures of ancient Egypt, Babylonia, Persia, and northern India. The peoples of Scandinavia also worshiped the sun. Teutonic peoples named the first day of the week for the sun. Sun worship was important to American Indians in the agricultural lands that are now the Southeastern and Southwestern United States. It also grew up among the Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples who lived in Central and South America.
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(a) (b) Figure 2: (a) Mahram Bilqis in Marib (Yemen), also known as Temple Awwam. This temple was dedicated to Ilmaqah (or Almaqah), the national god of the Kingdom of Sheba. Although in the popular literature, it is referred to as "Temple of the Moon-god", Ilmaqah was actually a Sun god! (b) Ground plan of the Mahram Bilqis.[41] Posts: 2198 | Registered: Jun 2006
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Not only does the Qur'an says the Sun God, but the same conclusion were reached by other sources from non-Muslim scholars. This is not to show that the mantra "My religion is better than yours", but how hard it is a myth to die, and the so called "Western Scholars" keep use the debunked myth as references despite other Western Scholars try to warn them.
So it is very likely if you visit the template in Yemen today, your tourist guide will keep repeat the same myth.
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