Where did Islam begin?
The idea of Islam has been around for the seventh century and centers on its god, Allah. The Arab people use the word Allah for god since it means the unique god who possesses all the attributes of beauty and perfection in their infinitude. Muslims feel strongly that the English word, God, fails to truly express the divine essence. Some scholars believe that Allah can be traced back to Ilah, the south Arabian moon god. Apparently Henotheism (which is the veneration of one god while not denying the reality of other gods) could have existed in pre-Islamic society (Walter 439). In any respect, Allah appears to have had goddesses that were beneath him and who were mere human creatures that divided god into parts. At the time of Muhammads birth this belief was very popular. Muhammad was the self proclaimed prophet of Allah. Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca, the center of idol worship, in A.D 570. His father and mother both passed away by the time Muhammad was six years old. While livi
