The Kaaba and its origins
The Kaaba and its origins Muslims hold the Kaaba to an extremely high regard; calling it the house of god (beitallah), and many of them go there every year to preform tawaf, an extremely pagan-looking ritual which entails going around the Kaaba seven times while chanting. We shall explore the alleged and true origins of the Kaaba, both according to Islam and factual history Islam's view The Quran claims that Abraham built the Kaaba as an alter to Allah; moreover, his son Ishmael helped him build it. This is the sole major role of Abraham in Islam, which claims to have the same god as Christianity and Judaism, even though it claims that their holy books have been corrupted. After the Kaaba was built, many people settled around it and around Mekkah's well. The people who lived there put up their idols and "false gods", which later became the sole purpose of the Kaaba, pagan worship. Muhammad destroyed the idols in the Kaaba when he returned to it, but think about tha...
