Peace be upon you Polaris,
Welcome to the blog, and thank you for the important post. While this topic had been covered in great details at:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/kaba.htm, but I would like to make the following points very clear:
1- Unlinke the hindu gods, the Kaaba does not represent GOD Almighty, nor is it in anyway shape or form a representation of GOD. The hindu idols are representations of GOD. Example: The elephant represents the hearing god,
because it has big ears.
2- The kaaba is not holy. I know some Muslims rub their bodies against it to get "blessings", but this by itself is a form of idolatry. The kaaba is no more than a point where all Muslims from all around the world come together
as ONE and worship Allah Almighty as ONE. Prophet Muhammad Said:
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"Demolishing the Kaaba completely is much easier upon Allah Almighty than shedding the blood of a single Believing Muslim." (
Source)
3- As Muslims, WE MUST BOW TO ALLAH ALMIGHTY IN WORSHIP. But the question is how? Bowing to GOD Almighty in the direction of his House or Temple here on earth is something allowed by Allah Almighty, as long as we do not worship the house itself. The hindus are completely different from all of this. They worship idol and these idols are representations of GOD Almighty, which is a blasphemy.
4- Not sure if you're a Bible believer or not, but bowing to GOD Almighty is nothing new in Islam. Islam came to
RESTORE THE ORIGINAL FAITH of GOD Almighty:
"I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 138:2)"To see the proofs that Islam is also the Bible's original Faith, and that the Believers had always been called "Muslims", please visit:
http://www.answering-christianity.com/ac.htm#capsuleTake care,
Osama Abdallah
