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Examine the variety of religious beliefs and practices found in the pre-Islamic context. In Pre-Islamic Arabia, there were a great variety of religious beliefs and practices that were carried out by the Arabs. People held polytheistic views and worshipped many idols. "They worshipped stones, trees, idols, stars and spirits; in short everything conceivable except God" (Abul Ala Madudi) The people of Pre-Islamic Arabia were animistic, in which they believed that rocks, trees and springs were inhabited by spirits and so worshipped them. The Arabs also believed that if they went on pilgrimage to the locations where the spirits were, and touched the object it inhabited, some of the holiness would rub off onto them. Because there were no holy literature and scarcely any formal worship or information about the Gods, there were few moral customs and the Arabs were very relaxed about their religion. The Ka'ba housed at least 300 different...

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