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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
Another Ancient Egyptian idol: Hathor, the golden calf.
from their ancestors the Prophets Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, peace be
upon them. Together with Joseph, peace be upon him, they went into
Egypt and preserved their monotheism for a long period of time, despite
the fact that they had lived amidst Egyptian idolatry. It is clear from the
stories related in the Qur'an that, when the Prophet Moses (pbuh) came to
them, the Israelites were a people that believed in one Allah.
The only explanation for this is that although the Israelites adhered
to a monotheistic belief, some of them were influenced by the pagan peo-
ples among whom them lived, and began to imitate them, replacing the
religion chosen for them by Allah with the idolatry of foreign nations.
When we investigate this matter in light of historical records, we see
that the pagan cult that influenced the Israelites was that of Ancient
Egypt. An important evidence in support of this conclusion is that the
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