Nuggets from "Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations" by Dave Hunt

Nuggets from “Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations” by Dave Hunt  -- 

Like the Hajj, Ramadan was also carried over into Islam almost unchanged from the manner in which idol-worshiping Arab tribes had practiced it for centuries. Ramadan always began for the pagans (as it still does for Muslims) with the first sighting of the new moon in the ninth month of the Muslim lunar calendar. The crescent moon, so prominent on minarets and flags of Muslim countries harks back to the early Arab pre-Islamic worship of Allah as the moon god. Although Allah has no son, as the Qur’an declares, this god was traditionally believed to have three daughters: al-Lat, Manat, and al-Uzza….

Today, Ramadan is celebrated as a holiday that began with the advent of Islam. But this is no more true of Ramadan than of the Hajj. It had been observed by Arab tribes for centuries before Muhammad was born and is practiced by Muslims in virtually the same manner today. As the Qur’an says, “The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’an…” (Surah 2:185).