Book of Idols
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Book of Idols
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The Book of Idols, written by the Arab scholar Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737–819), is one of the most important Islamic-era works to describe and present the Islamic conception of the gods and rites of pre-Islamic Arab religions. The book portrays pre-Islamic Arabian religion as predominantly polytheistic and guilty of idol worship (idolatry) before the coming of Muhammad, including at the Kaaba, the pre-eminent shrine of Mecca. This, for Al-Kalbi, was a degraded state of religious practice since the
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Book by Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Idols
date created:
2009-10-01T18:06:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T04:28:20Z
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