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A short list of pagan practices and their results.

Christmas
Pagan Origin-December 25 was the birthday of the Pagan Mythra, the god of light.

Ritual retained- Christians practice the pagan festival but redefined Dec 25 as the birthday of Christ.


Pilgrimage and Circling Kaba 7x
Pagan Origin- Each local tribe of Arab pagans walked 7 times around their own kaba that housed their own black stone.

Ritual retained- Muslims circle the Kaba, claiming Abraham did such.


Kissing black stone
Pagan Origin- Each local tribe of Arab Pagans kissed their own tribal black stones.

Ritual retained- Muslims kiss black stone but say it was a divine meteorite that fell at Adam’s feet and was rediscovered by Abraham.


"The stone throw" at Mina
Pagan Origin- Wide spread custom among Pagan Arabs.

Ritual retained- Muslims claim the custom was started by Abraham when he threw stones at the devil.


"The Run": Safa and Marwa
Pagan Origin- Pagans ran between two idols, Isaf and Na’ila:

Ritual retained- Muslims perform the same running but redefine the meaning to be Hagar running between hills, looking for water for Ishmael.


"The Praise" after Pilgrimage
Pagan Origin- Pagans praised dead ancestors

Ritual retained- Muslims perform the same praising but redirect the praise to Allah, and with more zeal!



. The most famous of all of the stone fetishes of Arabia was, of course, the black stone in the sanctuary of Mecca. The Ka'ba was, and still is, a rectangular stone structure. Built into its Eastern corner is the black stone which had been an object of worship for many centuries before Mohammed appropriated the Ka'ba for his new religion, and made the pilgrimage to this holy place one of the pillars of Islam. (Mohammed: The man and his faith, Tor Andrae, 1936, Translated by Theophil Menzel, 1960, p13-30)