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"According to the beliefs of Southern Altaic peoples, every mountain, every
lake or river has its own spirit owner, which owns the place, and is in com-
mand of the animals and birds living there. It could protect people who lived

there or crossed the area. Spirit owners were believed to be able to understand
human speech, and the myths associated with them say that, like people, they
also had children, and one could obtain their goodwill with prayers, suppli-
cations and sacrifices". 124
Superstitious Shamanism is an idolatrous religion that ascribes
partners to Allah. Its adherents believe in countless imaginary
“deities,” imagine that they pray to them and make sacrifices. Each riv-

er, lake, forest or mountain is considered to be another supposed deity
and they are all revered in a most perverse manner.
La ilaha illa Allah (There is no other god but Allah), is the central
principle of Islam, and it is evident that such erroneous animist beliefs
are incompatible with reason, as well as Islam. Rocks, soil or water
have no soul and they have been created by the Lord of the universe,
Allah. Shamanists however, do not comprehend the fact that the whole
universe has only One Creator and Lord and they are a people who

have acquired many false idols and therefore ascribe partners to Allah.
Allah reveals the irrationality of people who ascribe partners to
Him as follows:
Allah… There is no other god accompanying Him, for then each
god would have gone off with what He created and one of them
would have been exalted above the other. Glory be to Allah above
what they describe. (Surat al-Muminun: 91)
Careful consideration of the facts reveals that there are many sim-
ilarities between superstitious Shamanism and the old Arab (and other

idolatrous tribes’) beliefs when they were confronted by the prophets.
Pagans perversely believed in many nature gods like the “sky god”,

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