As'salamu Alaikum dear brothers,
We Muslims don't worship the Kaaba. Any Muslim who rubs his body against it to gain blessings is committing an act of idol worship. The Kaaba is the HOUSE of GOD Almighty on earth. It is a Temple and not an idol. We Muslims don't worship the Kaaba. We instead bow to Allah Almighty in the direction of the Kaaba.
The idol worshipers such as hindus who make idols of elephants and other animals to represent certain Characteristics of GOD Almighty
(ex: the elephant is a representation of a GOD that hears because the elephant has big ears) are not like the Muslims who bow to GOD Almighty in the direction of His House, the Kaaba.
Any Muslim who tries to make Islam like the hindu religion, such as putting a Kaaba idol on his desk at work, for example, is committing an act of idol worship by this ignorance, because he is now making the Kaaba something worthy of worship, and/or a representation of GOD Almighty, and/or an object to gain blessings from by putting it on his desk.
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www.answering-christianity.com/kaaba.htmwww.answering-christianity.com/black_stone.htm
Take care,
Osama Abdallah