>>18138929 (OP)
Herodotus wrote that the Arabs worshipped Alilat (al-Ilāt), whom he identifies with Aphrodite and al-lat is another name for asherah.
It's probably a fertility goddess cult hence its widespread perversion.
(The Apostle Paul evangelized the Arabs before Muhammad led them astray, and their coins from that time have crosses on them while Arabic Christianity is attested in both the letters of eastern Christians and the fact that pirated parts of the Quran can only be read properly with a Syriac Christian interpretation.
Far from being a monotheist who warred against ancient paganism, Mo was a follower of Asherah who revived the vilest of Canaanite worship.