5/21/2023 0 Comments No God but God by Reza Aslan![]() ![]() At its base, two small doors are chiseled into the gray stone, allowing entry into the inner sanctum. ![]() Its four walls-so low it is said a young goat can leap over them-are swathed in strips of heavy cloth. The Kaaba is a squat, roofless edifice made of unmortared stones and sunk into a valley of sand. IN THE ARID, desolate basin of Mecca, surrounded on all sides by the bare mountains of the Arabian desert, stands a small, nondescript sanctuary that the ancient Arabs refer to as the Kaaba: the Cube. The Sanctuary in the Desert: PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA ![]() No God But God: The Origins, Evolution, and the Future of Islam(Random House Trade Paperback Updated edition, 2011).Įxcerpt from No God But God: The Origins, Evolution, and the Future of Islamġ. ![]()
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