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[[w:circumambulation|Circumambulation]] is to go in circles around a particular object. In Islam, worshipers and pilgrims do this around the Ka'aba at Mecca. Pre-Islamic pagans are alleged to have done it to please the moon god [[Hubal]], the 360 deities and Allah (who was merely one among the many deities worshiped there). Muhammad himself used to do it, even before the 360 idols inside the Ka'aba were removed. | [[w:circumambulation|Circumambulation]] is to go in circles around a particular object. In Islam, worshipers and pilgrims do this around the Ka'aba at Mecca. Pre-Islamic pagans are alleged to have done it to please the moon god [[Hubal]], the 360 deities and Allah (who was merely one among the many deities worshiped there). Muhammad himself used to do it, even before the 360 idols inside the Ka'aba were removed. | ||
Judaism and Christianity (the religions of those who are considered [[ | Judaism and Christianity (the religions of those who are considered [[People of the Book|People of the Book]]) do not practice ritual circumambulation to please God. Two other faiths which do are Hinduism and Buddhism, faiths which are accused by traditional Islam of “paganism” and practicing idolatry. | ||
==Crescent Moon Symbol== | ==Crescent Moon Symbol== | ||