The Myth of Allah Being The Pagan Moon God

There is a propaganda spread by some anti-Islamic element that the cresent moon symbol that is visible on various objects linked with Islam represents 'The moon god' of pagans of Arabia whom they use to house in the Holy Kaaba. The fact of the matter is, the use of the name Allah for God has been in place since the ancient time. The pagans of Makkah also considered Allah as the supreme of all gods but associated others gods with him in attributes. The name Allah has been used in Biblical verses in the actual Hebrew language along with the scriptures of many sizeable faiths.

Elohim El, Elah, Alah:
In the Bible, God is very often referred to as ‘Elohim’ in the Hebrew language. The ‘im’ in the ending is a plural of honour and God is referred to as ‘El’ or ‘Elah’ in the English Bible with commentary, edited by reverend C. I. Scofield. ‘Elah’ is alternatively spelled as ‘Alah’. The difference in spelling is only of a single ‘L’. Muslims spell Allah as ‘Allah’ while the Reverend has spelled it as Alah and they pronounce it as ‘Elah’. Muslims pronounce it as Allah. Hebrew and Arabic are sister languages therefore we say it should be pronounced as ‘Allah’ and not as ‘Elah’.

It's stated in Bible that Jesus cried with a loud voice saying
"E’-Li, E’-Li la’-ma sa-bach’-tha-ni?"
that is to say, ‘My God, My God why hast Thou Forsaken Me?’ Does this sound like Jehovah! Jehovah! why has thou forsaken me? Does it sound like Abba Abba? The answer is ‘No’. Hebrew and Arabic are sister languages and if you translate "E’-Li, E’-Li la’-ma sa-bach’-tha-ni" into Arabic it is ‘Allah Allah lama tarak tani’ does it sound similar? This statement of Jesus (pbuh), "E’-Li, E’-Li la’-ma sa-bach’-tha-ni" is preserved in its original Hebrew in each and every of its translation which is available in more than 2000 different languages of the world and in each and every of them, "Allah" is present.

"Allah" in Sikhism
One of the names by which Gurunanak Sahib referred to God is "Allah".

"Allah" in Hinduism
"Allah" in Rigveda Book 2 Hymn I verse II Even in the Rigveda which is the most sacred scripture of the Hindus, one of the attributes given to God Almighty in Book no 2 Hymn no I verse II, is ‘Ila’ which if pronounced properly is the same as Allah. - Allo Upanishad: Amongst the various Upanishads one of the Upanishad is named as ‘Allo’ Upanishad in which God is referred to as "Allah" several times.

The Contantinople or present Istanbul had adopted this symbol even way before Islam came to Arabian Peninusla. The association of crescent moon as a Islamic symbol actually happend in the 15th century when the Ottomon empire under Muslim Turkey was ruling a major part of the world and hence the old symbol of Turkey was widely adopted. It is said that the founder of Ottoman empire, Othman had a dream in which he saw the crescent moon stretched one end of the earth to the other and hence to keep good omen, he adopted that as an official symbol. This symbol, however, has nothing to do with the early history of Islam instead Islam didn't have any symbol at all rather they use solid color flags (mainly green, black or white) for identification purposes.

The Quran in contrast to the anti-Islamic claims, has on several places, described moon as a mere object created by Allah(SWT) and hence negated all such ideas that would propagate paganism in any sense:

Among His Signs are the Night and the Day, and the Sun and the Moon. Do not prostrate to the sun and the moon, but prostrate to Allah, Who created them, if it is Him ye wish to serve. (Fussilat:37)

Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and he merges Day into Night; that He has subjected the sun, and the moon (to his Law), each running its course for a term appointed; and that Allah is wellacquainted with all that ye do?(Luqman:39)

In Quran, it is stated about Prophet Abraham(peace be upon him):

When he saw the moon rising in splendour, he said: "This is my Lord." But when the moon set, He said: "unless my Lord guide me, I shall surely be among those who go astray."(Al-Anam:77)