bodecea
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Yes it is understood as a muslim you have certain beliefs these beliefs are not bound by facts.
For Islam we will look at Islamic history.
The Khuza tribe was removed the Jurhum tribe for stealing the tributes they lost control over the zamzam and the kaaba. An accumulation of gods to visit for all tribes
Jurhum was a place people passed through they paid tribute in the hajj.
Circumambulating the cube was a pre Islamic ritual.
Every tribe has shrines that were circled,
Al-Uzza was worshiped and circled in the Nakhla shrine.
Manat worshiped and circled by the Aus and Khazraj in Yathrib.
Hisham ibn al-Kalbi :
The Quraysh were wont to circumambulate the Kabah and say:
By Allat and al-Uzza,
And Manah, the third idol besides.
Verily they are the most exalted females
Whose intercession is to be sought.
Fasting the Sabeans fasted for 30 days from night to sunrise,celebrated Eid and prayed for the dead without kneeling.
Mohammaed lifted this ritual whole with one change the sabeans Pages of Seth directed them to pray 7 times a day 5 of which were at the same hours as chosen to be copied by Mohammad.
Islamic rituals from Pre Islamic times. Not from Abraham.
So? Christian beliefs aren't bound by facts either. It's not a requirement.