>>40873087
It's a baetyl. The term baetyl is actually the same as Bethel, which means House of God. In fact the Kaaba is called the Baytullah. A baetyl is a very interesting thing since in Semitic religions it was supposed to contain the spirit of a deity. That's why in the Book of Genesis Jacob anoints a matzevah (standing stone) and calls the area Bethel. If you want an even bigger red pill, read this.

>>17890198
>Romans and Persians concluding a decades long war and are exhausted
>When the Persians had taken over Jerusalem the Jews let back into the city and permitted to build the Third Temple
>Romans retake the city and expel them
>Jews flee to Edessa
>Be Muhammad
>Be Arab merchant
>Meet up with the Jews of Edessa
>Hear their plight, and they and their associates in Babylonia promise to support you financially if you help them retake Palestine and Jerusalem
>Become ruler of Yahtrib
>Pay off Arab tribal leaders and promise them immense war booty for raiding Roman Syria-Palestine
>Send out messengers with your written word (hence why the Qur'an has so many verses with the command "qul!", it was a script for them to read off of) to preach to the tribes
>Take orders from man of a foreign tongue and be instructed in the proper doctrine and what the aims of the project are (Qur'an 16:103)
>Warriors convinced they will receive rewards for obeying and punishments for disobeying
>Tribal leaders satisfied with gold and future land and wealth
Who wouldn't listen?

>>17888790
>When did Islam turn into idolatry?
After they abandoned Jerusalem