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From Muslim Answers - The Religion in the sight of Allah is Islam

"Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word "Allah". For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God" - and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus - peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims - like Jews - reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation." "The Religion in the sight of Allah is Islam." (Qur'an 3:19) Who is Allah? By Abu Iman Abd ar-Rahman. © Muslim Answers

"The Holy Qur'an", the most sacred book and the primary source of Islam belief and law



Pope John Paul II kisses the Koran
—the Moslem "holy" Book—
during a meeting with Arab leaders at the Vatican

Many Christian leaders and public spokesmen state that Islam is a religion of peace, and that Muslims worship the same God as Christians and Jews. "Our war is not against Islam," we have been told repeatedly; "Our war is against terrorism. Even Pope John Paul II teaches that "The Moslems are our fellow Brothers, for they also worship the one same God that we do"

The Catholic Catechism states its relationship with Muslims in its section "Muslims profess to hold the faith of Abraham. It states: "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day." (Catechism of the Catholic Church; p. 223, #841)

Islam's fundamental tenets deny the heart of the Christian Gospel, revealing its demonic origin.

Islam's Allah

Quoting from the Qur'an: Surah 19:88-89 "They say: "Allah Most Gracious Has begotten a son! Indeed ye have put forth A thing most monstrous!*2529

*2529 states: "The belief in Allah begetting a son is not a question of words or of speculative thought. It is a stupendous blasphemy against Allah. It lowers Allah to the level of an animal. If combined with the doctrine of vicarious atonement, it amounts to a negation of Allah's justice and man's personal responsibility. It is destructive of all moral and spiritual order, and is condemned in the strongest possible terms."

Surah 4: Al Nisa' 157) denies Christ's death and resurrection and call Christ Allah's messenger

"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (Submission to Allah), Never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost."(Surah 3:85)

(Surah As-Saff 61:9) states:

It is He(Allah) who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, so that He may make it victorious over all other religions, even though the disbelievers detest it"

The Qur'an denies point blank that Jesus was the Son of God (Surah 112-3). It also denies His atoning sacrifice by claiming that He never died (Surah 4:157). A substitute died for Him on the Cross. Jesus was translated to Heaven, like Enoch, where He will remain until He returns to kill all pigs, destroy all crosses, and convert the world to Islam. Jesus will marry, reign for 40 years, and then die and be buried next to Muhammad in Medina. Jesus is characterized in the Qur'an as nothing more than "an apostle of Allah" (Surah 4:171)

What evidence is there that demonstrates that the Islam god Allah is the same God of Christianity as claimed when the "holy Qur'an denies the Word of God and calls it stupendous blasphemy against Allah?

The Qur'an denies Jesus Christ's death and resurrection which is the heart of the Christian Gospel, thus Islam's Allah must be a false and pagan god.

Allah was a pagan deity. In fact, he was the Moon-god who was married to the sun goddess and the stars were his daughters.

Statue of Ba-al, Satan's demon!!

In Jesus' time the Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out devils by (Baalzebub) Beelzebub—-the PRINCE of the devils:

"But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow (Jesus) doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils" (Matthew 12:24).
The Key Identification of SYMBOLS

Satan put his "prince" in charge of MOON worship. All of Satan's demons are MALE but the moon god masqueraded as a female divinity or moon goddess. In Egypt her name was ISIS. In Phoenicia her name was Asteroth and in Rome her name was Venus.

In Arabia, the sun was viewed as a FEMALE goddess The goddess Isis of Egypt.
She sometimes wears a crown with a solar disk and at other times wears horns. In this ancient picture she is shown with disk and horns combined and holding the infant Horus.(The British Museum).

.When it was no longer safe to reveal the worship of these deities, the "mystery religion" disguised the god or goddess with his SYMBOLS!

Babylonian moon goddess called SIN or Isthar.Isthar is also known as Astarte, Phoenician goddess of fertility associated with the crescent moon; shown here on an old medal; she is also known as the Egyptian goddess of fertility as Isis, represented as standing on the crescent moon with stars surrounding her head.

A more modern picture of her with the Symbols of the sun (rays from the hands) crescent, moon and stars (without the serpent) is shown in this statute with the name " virgin Mary"

A statute entitled "Madonna" is showcased below

Note the crescent moon symbol

The cult of the Moon-god was the most popular religion throughout ancient Mesopotamia. The Assyrians, Babylonians, and the Akkadians took the word Suen and transformed it into the word Sin as their favorite name for the Moon-god. As Prof. Potts pointed out, "Sin is a name essentially Sumerian in origin which had been borrowed by the Semites." The Old Testament constantly rebuked the worship of the Moon-god (see: Deut. 4:19;17:3; II Kings 21:3,5; 23:5; Jer. 8:2; 19:13; Zeph. 1:5, etc.) while the name of the Moon-god was Sin, his title was al-ilah, i.e. "the deity," meaning that he was the chief or high god among the gods. As Coon pointed out, "The god Il or Ilah was originally a phase of the Moon God." The Moon-god was called al-ilah, i.e. the god, which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. The pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave to their children. For example, both Muhammad's father and uncle had Allah as part of their names. The Muslim's claim that Allah is the God of the Bible and that Islam arose from the religion of the prophets and apostles is refuted by solid, overwhelming archeological evidence. Islam is nothing more than a revival of the ancient Moon-god cult. It has taken the symbols, the rites, the ceremonies, and even the name of its god from the ancient pagan religion of the Moon-god. As such, it is sheer idolatry and must be rejected by all those who follow the Torah and Gospel.

The worship of the Moon god " Sīn" was widespread and common during the time of Abraham. Contrary to Muslim claims, Abraham was asked to leave Ur of the Chaldees where the moon god Sīn was worshipped and migrate to Canaan and worship Jehovah. The Ur of Chaldees is in the region of Babylon.

The Mesopotamian Ziggurat: Temple of the moon god 2100 BC. "Sīn, moon god of Semitic origin, worshiped in ancient Middle Eastern religions. One of the principal deities in the Babylonian and Assyrian pantheons, he was lord of the calendar and of wisdom. The chief centers of his worship were at Harran and at Ur, where he was known as Nanna." (encyclopedia.com, Sīn) The tower of Babal in Gen 10 may in fact have been a Ziggurat.

Click picture for larger image The ziggurat of Ur and the moon god Sīn who is seen being carried in procession to the temple called the "Hill of Heaven". Anatolian mural from Karum - notice the boxed pre-Islamic Crescent-and-Star glyph (picture)

The name of the moon god in Arabia was ALLAH!!

Allah is a pagan moon-god of Arabia enshrined and worshipped from Yemen to the Mediterranean, the god in the pantheon at Mecca. The moon-god is on top of every Mosque, menaret, Islamic flag, walls of Muslim homes, clothing and caps - their symbol - a crescent moon.

Tablet with the "three muses" and the Eternally Fruiting Orb (the symbol of the crescent moon) (Ur-Nammu) (Maspero 655) Thousands of inscriptions from walls and rocks in northern Arabia have also been collected. Reliefs and votive bowls used in worship of the "daughters of Allah" have also been discovered. The three daughters, Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and Manat are sometimes depicted together with Allah the moon-god represented by a crescent moon above them. (North Arabian archaeological finds concerning Al-Lat ). Modern usage of the moon god symbol in Islam and Arab nations is a throw back to when the Arabs all worshipped the moon.

Nanna (known as Sin - moon god 2100 BC of Semitic origin .) While the name of the Moon-god was Sin, his title was al-ilah, and was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. This tablet shows "Allah" and his symbol -- the crescent moon!

Ancient Persian moon-goddess with the crescent moon

Contrary to Muslim claims, God led Abraham from the city of Ur of the Chaldees where the worship of the gods of Canaan, consisted of the sun and moon or Baal and Allah to the land of Canaan to worship Jehovah and promised him that he would be father of many nations and that his seed would inherit all nations. This was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the King of Kings.

The Encyclopedia of Islam documents that the Arabs worshipped a god called Allah long before Mohammed was born and the religion called Islam. (Encyclopedia of Islam, eds. Lewis, Menage, Pellat, Schacht, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1913).

The Spiritual Nature of Islam