Portal: Origins of Islam: Difference between revisions

{{PortalArticle|image=|title=Pagan Origins of Islam|summary= Many of the features and rituals of contemporary Islam find their precedent not in the Judeao-Christian tradition but rather in pre-Islamic Arabian religion.|description=}} {{PortalArticle|image=|title=Black Stone|summary= The Black Stone is a fixture of Islam's pilgrimage ritual, but already according to the Islamic tradition itself it was a center of ancient pagan religion in Arabia.|description=}}

{{PortalArticle|image=|title=Zamzam Well|summary= The discovery of the magic well of Zamzam is attributed to the prophet Ibrahim in the Islamic tradition, yet in fact the well was a focal point of cultic activity in ancient Arabian pagan religion.|description=}}

{{PortalArticle|image=|title=Jinn|summary= The Jinn, mystical beings which are neither demons nor angels, make an appearance in the Islamic tradition but have no antecedent in the Judeao-Christian tradition, but rather find their origin in pre-Islamic pagan Arabian religion.|description=}}