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Politics : Palestine, facts and history

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To: lorne who wrote (332)6/22/2002 8:53:58 AM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) of 770
 
Lorne, this is the best of all the readings on Kaaba that I could come up with. I provide the relevant paragraph from the web site. You probably have read it at some other web site also. My interpretation is that this is a stone which fell from the heavens and unlike pagan worship where stones which form idols are part of the Earth.

".......This stone was presented by Gabriel for the Kaaba and the people who worshipped within it. Muslims, in general, try to kiss, touch, or point to the Kaaba Stone, and often make circumbulations (tawaf) around it. Such circumbulations form, during the pilgrimage season, an integral part of the pilgrimage performance. This circumbulation is performed in the vicinity of the Kaaba, on the polished granite called the mataf. There is a place between the Black Stone and a raised door, against which pilgrims press their bodies in order to receive the
blessings and powers that are associated with the holy house. Muslim peoples claim that it is not an idol to be worshipped, instead it is a special place from which to send prayers. The correct name for the Kaaba Stone is the Al-Hajarul Aswad......."

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