Origins of Islam: its matriarchal pagan roots - the three goddesses of the Kaaba Today, archaeological excavations are virtually banned in Saudi Arabia, to believe that some in mind.
The arrival of patriarchy in Saudi
Patriarchy moved gradually war from the fourth millennium BC, and is starting to Sumer in Mesopotamia. Old mother goddesses were conquered, assimilated and replaced by the new gods fathers (Olympians, Nordic Aesir ...). It is the same with Arab matriarchal deities ( Allat, Uzza, Manat ), now dominated by the new conquerors gods from Babylon (Hu-Baal).
Matriarchal paganism 3 mother-goddesses of pre-Islamic Arabia, Al-Uzza, Allat and Manat
The evolution of different types of pre-Islamic Arab marriages reflects the progressive patriarcalisation of the Arabian Peninsula. Islam is only the last step.
Bedouin matriarchy: high status and sexual freedom of Arab women before Islam
The crescent moon, symbol of the primordial goddess
The star and crescent, now seen as symbols of Islam, have long been used in Asia Minor and some Turkic peoples before the arrival of Islam. The origin of the crescent and star symbols as date time of Babylon and ancient Egypt. It has been suggested that the Turkish tribes during their migration from Central Asia to Turkey around 800 AD, have adopted this symbol tribal and local states in the area of the current Middle East, which in turn adopted these symbols. There are also traces of this symbol in the pre-Islamic religions of the Middle East along with other pagan rituals and symbols adopted by Islam. It should be noted that the lunar symbol with the star has also been adopted by other deities, to Artemis by the Greeks, the Romans Diane. The adoption of pagan rites within the Roman Catholic Church also explains the close relationship between the moon and the virgin Mary. The crescent moon is related to menstrual cycles, symbol of procreative power of women.
Flag Ottoman war (1453-1798), decorated with Zulfikar, the sword found by Mohammed
The origin of the flag is subject to many legends in Turkey, and some contradict the history of the Ottoman flag. Among the most widespread legends are:
The crescent moon and star were holy symbols for pre-Islamic Turkish tribes, while red is the color cardinal to the south. The dream of the first Ottoman Emperor in which a crescent and a star appeared on his chest, presaging the future of Constantinople to his dynasty. A crescent and a star appeared to Mehmed II the night of the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Another theory dates from the Byzantine Empire , highlighting the fact that the crescent and star were used as symbols of Byzantium for centuries. When the Ottomans took Constantinople , they adopted these symbols to the Ottoman Empire (the moon represents the Greek goddess Artemis , and stars the Virgin Mary ). The star and the crescent moon, however, were symbols of the Egyptian goddess Isis earlier. Jerusalem, first towards the Islamic prayer
Mecca was the largest in the Arabian Peninsula pre-Islamic shrine. Originally, the city was not the center of the Muslim religion, believers turned to Jerusalem. The direction of prayer (the kiblah ) meets very strict rules laid down by Mohammed in the Koran. At first, kiblah corresponds to the direction of Jerusalem (s.2, v.36), to satisfy the converted original Jewish or Christian. Then, to definitively establish its authority while merely the mass of the new Gentile believers, the kiblah turned towards Mecca, Mecca Millennium pagan. The veneration of the stone was an opportunity for Mohammed to bring him to the Gentiles.
3 goddesses of Mecca
In Mecca (مكة) before Islam, the Quraish tribe (قريش) worshiped a triad of three female deities, it is Allat (اللآت), al-'Uzza (العزة) and Manat (مناة) They cited their names during their tours (الطواف) around the Ka'ba (الكعبة). According to Ibn al-Kalbi, the Quraysh were wont to do around the Ka'aba saying . "In the name of Allat, of ʿ Uzza, and Manat the third idol They are actually" al-gharānīq "( women in top condition) Dont have to ask intercession. " Like today, pilgrims shaved their heads.
Hubal, the new father-god goddesses
Whereas the Nabataeans (Petra, Jordan), Allat was the mother of all gods to other Arabs, Allat, al-Uzza and Manat were the daughters of Allah (الله جل جلاله) and were intermediate between God and man to get his blessings. Allah ( the god ) is the title of the moon god Sin-Hubal (Baal), insert late Mesopotamia in the Arab pantheon, he enjoyed later in Mecca. This god, little temples, representations, and written records have survived until today. The word Allah predates Islam as the father of Muhammad Abd 'Allah calls himself, ie, "the servant of god."
The Kaaba, temple of the goddess Allat
Kaaba cube mean in Arabic, but the Ka'aba itself would be the old "Kaabou" , from the Greek word meaning 'girl' , and refers to the goddess Astarte , that is to say Aphrodite in Greek mythology is the Roman Venus and al-'Uzza (العزى) Arabs considered the goddess of fertility. The ancient chroniclers before the advent of Islam ( jahilya, the era of ignorance ), there were 24 ka'bas in the Arabian Peninsula, but that of Mecca was worshiped by all tribes. According to the Saudi research, there were many in the region Ka'bas (Tawāghīt) each dedicated to a deity, to which the faithful are made on specific days to perform rituals including among others a circular stroll and sacrifices. The most important seem to have been ka'abas goddesses Allat Taif, of Uzza and Manat to Nakhlah near Qudayd.
The priestesses Allat
It was celebrated by seven naked priestesses who gravitated seven times around the stone, once for each planet (Sun / Moon / March / Mercury / Venus / Jupiter / Saturn). To date, the men who keep the Kaaba are still called " son of the Old Woman, " "son of Saba" in Arabic "Beni Shaybah" . The goddess Allat had a nickname, or another title, Saba pronounced Shaybah, meaning midwife or, "The wisdom of the old" . Before Islam, the guardians of the shrine were priestesses called "Bathi Sheba" , "girls of the Old Wise Woman." Bathsheba, "daughter Saba ' means' 'priestess of the house of Sheba " . Muslims have kept the cubic shrine and walk around again, like we did at the time when the Goddess was worshiped.
The worship of stones
Worship a stone is typically pagan. Called these divine stones béthyle (Hebrew Bethel "sacred stone"), and is a classic polytheistic practice of antiquity. The stone of the Kaaba is no exception to this rule. This stone was in fact the subject of pre-Islamic worship. The pre-Islamic worship stones can be compared to lithic baetyls cults that were prevalent throughout the Middle East from the remotest antiquity. Indeed, this worship of a stone is not isolated in antiquity include the black stone of Emesa which Elagabalus was the high priest before becoming Roman Emperor, the black stone Dusares Petra, and c is in the form of a sacred stone in 204 BC Cybele, the Phrygian goddess mother Pessinus, made his entry into Rome. In many Eastern cities, sacred stones are the object of veneration of the faithful, such Artemis of Sardis or Astarte Paphos. Saudi was not an exception, because the worship of stones was ubiquitous in pre-Islamic society. For example, the "red stone" was the deity of the Arab town south of Ghaiman, or "white stone" in the Kaaba of al-Abalat (near the city of Tabala, south of Mecca).
The black stone, vulva Allat?
Many Westerners, especially midwives, found that the case of the black stone at the corner of the Kaaba, was a form of vulva, with a baby's head coming out. The word Hajj (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) is derived from " Hack "which means friction in Arabic because there was a pagan ritual in which women rubbed their genitals on the black stone hoping to increase their fertility. ( Dr . Jawad Ali in his book "History of Arab before Islam" part 5, page 223). She smeared the stone with the menstrual blood and turned around naked.
A relic of phallic worship in Mecca?
The Stoning of Satan (Arabic: رمي الجمرات, Ramy al-Jamarat meaning "start [Stone] on target [pillars]" ) is practiced by Muslims during their pilgrimage (ceremony Hajj ), in which they throw stones, they have collected during an earlier phase of the pilgrimage on three rocks symbolizing the devil.
Pilgrims from Shiva?
Lingams and yonis the ghats in Varanasi. This ritual takes place on the 3rd day of the pilgrimage at Mina in Saudi Arabia, 5 km east of Mecca. The three pillars of stone (a small, medium and large) were replaced by the Saudi authorities in 2006 by three stone walls, to prevent accidents. If the setting of the Black Stone of the Kaaba is irretrievably think of a vagina, the three pillars appear to represent the phallus, which confirms that Mecca was a pagan shrine dedicated to fertility cults. Pictured above, the phallic pillar is surrounded by a circular wall, which could indicate a vestige of worship of Shiva, which seems confirmed by the conduct of pilgrims dressed in white and shaved as Hindu Brahmins.
Muslim pilgrims or Shaiva Brahmins?
Ramadan, the pregnancy Allat?
The Muslim calendar or Hijri ( Hijri ) is a lunar calendar based on a year of 12 lunar months of 29 to 30 days each (to be precise: 29.53059 solar days). A Hijri year is shorter than the Gregorian year by about eleven days. Pagans often made the connection between lunar cycles and female menstrual cycles of similar duration.
Ramadan Ramadan or Ramazan also spelled (Arabic: رمضان or Ramaḍān) is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. During this month, adult Muslims do not eat, do not drink and do not maintain sexual relations until the moon is not visible. The beginning is based on the observation of the first visible crescent after the new moon.
Is it possible that the 9th month of Ramadan corresponds to the 9th month of pregnancy the mother goddess Allat? The end of Ramadan feast then celebrate the birth of the goddess. While fasting, it would then be possible to eat and copulate in the presence of the moon, that is to say Allat.
Sufism pre-Islamic matriarchal cult?
According to some authors, the Sufis have tried to maintain the cult of Fatima (name of the goddess Allat), but they were forced to hide behind code words, since Sufism is part of Islam. In fact, worship the sacred feminine is punishable by death, even today in Islamic countries.
Read The Rushdie affair: the three mother goddesses of pre-Islamic Quran (Satanic Verses)
Jewish roots of Islam
Islamic practices ( halal meat sacrificed prohibits pork, circumcision, sailing, stoning taboo of menstruation ... ) are totally incompatible with a semi-matriarchal pagan Arab society worshiping mother goddesses, and are therefore of Jewish orig
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L'affaire Salman Rushdie: fatwa of death against 3 pre-Islamic goddesses-mothers of the Quran
The daughters of Allah?
Originally, Mohammed, Prophet of islam, would have recognized several goddesses. They would have survived time in Islam, where on would have called them in the Qur'an the three daughters of Allah, before being erased. Their names are however still there. Arab goddesses whose names are in the Qur'an are: Al-Lat (the goddess), Uzza (power), and Manat (destiny or Fatalitee). According the Koran, the pagan Arabs worshipped a triple goddess. This divine feminine Trinity was worshipped in Mecca, in the Kaaba. When the revelation of Surat LIII Muhammad would, according to Tabari, in a first version, recommended that it make them a cult. These verses spoken then repealed are called the "Satanic Verses", an expression that served as the title to Salman Rushdie's controversial novel.
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The worship of goddesses removed from the Koran?
The Satanic Verses, a work of fiction, speaks of the three goddesses mentioned in these verses (especially Allat) and tells how they have been removed from islam by Mohammed, then demonized, showing them the finger as the creatures of Satan. Allat is not a happy goddess in the bestseller of Salman Rushdie. To date, the latter is forced to live in hiding, because a fatwa of death was decreed by the Shiite Islamic clergy of Iran (ayatollah Khomeini). His head is dearly updated price. The religious inquisitors want killing for telling this story, even if it is just a fiction. Islamists kill, even if he is a Muslim. Several of his supporters, including imams, are already dead (stabbed) for attempting to defend. The Satanic Verses - like Da Vinci Code - used a novel of fiction to tell the story of a suppressed goddess.
The Sura in the Quran is as follows: 'The Star', LIII "His eyes do not tumbled and was not abused, He saw the greatest signs of his Lord, Have you considered al - Lat and al-' Uzza, and Manat, the third? The male is for you, and for him the female? What unfair sharing! These are only names which you and your fathers have allocated. God only gave them no authority. »
It is the story of verses 19 to 23 of surah 53, Ennajm (the star). Tabari (839-923), historian and Sunni commentator, relates this anecdote:
"Then was revealed to the Prophet the Sura of the star. He went to the centre of Mecca, where the famous were gathered and recited this Sura. When he arrived at verse 19: What do you think of al - Lat, of ' Uzza and manat, the third? Is it possible for God to have girls and boys? The beautiful distribution of tasks that this would be... "
Iblis (Satan) came and put it in her mouth these words: "these idols are illustrious deities, whose intercession must be expected." The doubters were very pleased with these words and said: "it has happened to Mohammed to rent our idols and speak well." The Prophet finished the Sura, then he prostrated, and unbelievers bowed to his example, because of the words he had spoken in error, believing that he had leased their idols. The next day, Gabriel came to the Prophet and said: "O Mohammed, recited me the Sura of the star." When Mohammed repeated the words, Gabriel said: "is not as well as I have sent it to you? " I said: "this sharing is unfair".You have changed it and you put another thing instead of what I had told you. " The Prophet, frightened, returned to the mosque and recited surah again. When he uttered the words: 'And this share is unfair'. The unbelievers said: "Muhammad repented of having rented our gods".
The Prophet was very worried and refrained from eating and drinking for three days, fearing the wrath of God. Then Gabriel transmit it the following verse: "we did not send before you a single Prophet or sent without Satan only has thrown through into his vows some sinful desire; But God puts to nothingness that Satan throws through, and it strengthens his signs (verses). "
Manipulation of the devil
Thus from al-Tabari, Satan attempted to dictate heretical teachings to Muhammad. This incident reportedly took place in Mecca, eight years before the Hegira, while Muhammad recited the Surah of the star, in which three goddesses considered by pagan Qoraichites, as "daughters of God" are mentioned. And after the orientalist Maxime Rodinson, al - Lat, al-'Uzza, and Manat were Islamic pre goddesses called the "daughters of Allah. Muhammad would, in a first version, recommended on them was a cult, these verses spoken then repealed, are the famous Satanic Verses. According al-Tabari, Satan would have forced Muhammad to interpolate two verses which would have created a doubt in the minds of the listeners of the latter. However, from the point of view of the Muslim religion, Muhammad, as a Messenger of the divine message, cannot have neither faith nor her sincerity questioned, nor even see his life be reduced to a banal life where the error is possible. In addition, Muhammad reportedly requested that there be no image of him to not become an object of worship. That is why, for the Muslim religious authorities, no book, no film, no comic can make it appear in person.
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Not square on topic but generally about matriarchy have you read Briffault's 3 vol set The Mothers ?
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Tukuler I didn't read Briffault books The Mothers. The history of matriarchal society is very interesting, women use to be very powerful in some ancient society.
quote:Originally posted by mena7: Tukuler I didn't read Briffault books The Mothers. The history of matriarchal society is very interesting, women use to be very powerful in some ancient society.
Oh Yes. Matriarchy is at the root of pre-islamic society. The Friday day of worship can be traced to planet Venus through the French-Latin equivalent Vendredi
I think the crescent and star symbol also represent the lunar occultation of Planet Venus.
Three decades ago, I read of a writer who published that the minarets of mosques were phallic symbols and he was rebuked.
No world religion has succeeded in amassing followers without absorbing and re-interpreting previous religions. #BringBackOurGirls
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