If you had actually read the link provided by OP you would notice that the link does not claim that Allah is the moon God, or that Muslims worship the moon God. But you never clicked the link and decided to reply anyway.
OP's question was:
Do muslims worship a moon god?
If that was true, of course they would deny it but as the link mentions:
- Hubal (هبل
was the head moon-god of the polytheistic Arab pantheon at the Ka'aba.
The link does not make the claim that Allah is the moon God. It just says that Hubal was a God present in the Kaaba before Islam arrived. That is all.
All the references are present there. First we have to note that we are talking about Hubal, not Allah. All the link says it that the pagans used to have a moon God called Hubal which was placed in the Kaaba. Muslims destroyed the idols inside the Kaakab and today they all bow down to the Kaaba. Strange/funny/"whoa", the reaction is up to us.
The link says:
- What is certain, however, is that aspects of polytheistic worship have been incorporated into the Muslims' worship of Allah.
Here's where you learn that these things in Islam are COMMON to Paganism and in specific, the paganism which was going on there
before Islam arrived. Such as:
- going around the Kaaba. Pagans used to go around the Kaaba too. Can you explain that?
- Ihram (requirement in Islam): this was originally a requirement in the Kaaba for the times the idols were present there and were worshipped by the Pagans.
- "Pagans prior to Islam would pray five times per day towards Mecca."
- Veneration of the Black-stone: "Though Muhammad threw out 360 other objects at the Ka’aba, he retained this Black Stone and continued the practice of kissing it. It is this same stone that the pre-Islamic pagans once kissed, that Muslims kiss today when visiting Mecca. "
If you dont want to get your information from websites critical of Islam, you can look at any other site, such as Wikipedia (references present): en.wikipedia DOT org/wiki/Black_Stone#History_and_tradition
It wont let me post a link so just go to the Black stone article on Wikipedia and look at the History section.
- There are other similarities between Islamic traditions and pre-pagan worship.
So the answer to OP's question is basically:
"The answer is no, but there's some interesting information to look at, and there are many traditions in Islam which have been directly borrowed from pre-Islamic Pagan worship ..."
That is an accurate answer. Feel free to point out any specific errors I made.
There are enough mistakes in the Quran and hadiths that can be pointed out, without the need to repeat nonsense, like what is quoted from wikiIslam.
Pointing out errors or criticizing Islam is what these websites do. So what specific "nonsense" is present in the OP's link? All the references are present.
Also give a few quick examples of the errors in the Quran so I know where you're coming from.
Do you have any recommendations of your own for websites that point out errors in the Quran and hadith, or those which are critical of Islam? I doubt you do. You'll likely say "Just read the Quran and hadith for yourself".
You personally believe the Quran has errors, so if you put all that into writing on a website, are you saying that automatically invalidates the website? No, that doesnt make any sense.
Allah is the Arabic word for God. It is and has been used by Christians, Jews and Muslims for centuries.
That may be true however you should note that Allah, the Muslim is not the God of other religions. Allah said that if anyone doesn't convert to Islam, they'll burn in hellfire (Quran 48:13).
This is like me creating a new religion X revealed to me by a God named
Alloohee, and claiming that THIS is the latest religions and all others must convert to it.
You can say that Allah and Alloohee are the same gods but they're not.
Allah was the creation of Muhammad's imagination, just like Alloohee is the creation of my imagination.
