The influence of the moon god culture is still felt in Islam. A lunar calendar is used to tell when Ramadan will occur. Islamic months begin and end with a crescent moon. During the Middle Ages, Muslim flags began to wear the sign of the crescent moon. Early Islam knows of no such displays of this symbol, yet it is with us today. Why?

Some say it came by way of the Turks, this crescent. There is a Turkish/Ottoman legend that one Osman, the founder of the Ottoman house, had a dream. Supposedly he saw a moon rising from the breast of a Muslim. The moon became full, then descended into his own breast. A tree then came out of his innards somehow, which grew to cover the whole world. Under the tree the world stood, with the crescent moon dominating it. All of this was several hundred years after the beginning of Islam in the world. But the symbolism cannot be denied. The moon persists as a part of Islamic culture, if not faith.

The Quran (Koran) must be allowed to weigh in on this discussion before we jump to conclusions. In chapter 41, verse 37, the statement is clearly made:

ูˆูŽู…ูู†ู’ ุขูŠูŽุงุชูู‡ู ุงู„ู„ูŽู‘ูŠู’ู„ู ูˆูŽุงู„ู†ูŽู‘ู‡ูŽุงุฑู ูˆูŽุงู„ุดูŽู‘ู…ู’ุณู ูˆูŽุงู„ู’ู‚ูŽู…ูŽุฑู ู„ูŽุง ุชูŽุณู’ุฌูุฏููˆุง ู„ูู„ุดูŽู‘ู…ู’ุณู ูˆูŽู„ูŽุง ู„ูู„ู’ู‚ูŽู…ูŽุฑู ูˆูŽุงุณู’ุฌูุฏููˆุง ู„ูู„ูŽู‘ู‡ู ุงู„ูŽู‘ุฐููŠ ุฎูŽู„ูŽู‚ูŽู‡ูู†ูŽู‘ ุฅูู† ูƒูู†ุชูู…ู’ ุฅููŠูŽู‘ุงู‡ู ุชูŽุนู’ุจูุฏููˆู†ูŽ

"And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship"

The new Allah is not the moon. But he is named after the one who was the moon. The new Allah is not only the greatest of gods. He is the only god now to be worshiped, per the brute force of Muhammad and his followers.

So a concoction, a mixture. As Babylon’s mixture centered in Rome, an intriguing combination of pagan thought, Biblical thought, and Muhammad’s thoughts.

Piecing it all together.

1. The moon god was prevalent throughout the pagan world in ancient times. Arabia had its own version of this paganism, and in most cases worshipped a male version of the moon deity, as opposed to the highly popular female counterpart in Babylonia and Egypt.

2. Arabia's dominant god, before Muhammad, was Allah, the one true god, known there as the moon god.

3. Muhammad's family worshipped Allah before Islam began.

4. Muhammad chose one god and one only from 360 in the Ka'aba. Allah. The moon god. It was this one he would promote and push to fame. But not as the moon any longer. A new and reformed Allah.

5. Arabians would follow him because of the name Allah with which they were so familiar. But because of statements made in his recitation (Koran), he would also be able to entice Jews and Christians to get on board, as suddenly the god of Arabia was transformed into the god of the people of the Book (Bible). A masterful mix intended to deceive the nations, if not by Muhammad, then by the Devil Himself.