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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3496543, member: 87200&quot;]Thank you for the thoughtful article. I have often that there is a contradiction in Islam between the monotheistic declaration and the sura where God is reputed to have 99 aspects. Are these other faces of God representative of an early version of the revealed texts which honored older gods of the Arabian Peninsula and the MidEast?</p><p><br /></p><p>I also have wondered for a long time about Elagabal&#039;s name - Allah Gebel or Allah&#039;s mountain and the fact that the texts of Islam were delivered to Muhammad in a cave on a mountain. The black stone of Emesa adds to the mystery as we have the black stone of the Ka&#039;aba as a potential parallel. Was this Syriac religion influential in the development of Islam, to some extent, no matter how tenuous?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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