Cairo, Egypt--One of the funny stories of the Arabs before Islam goes along the lines that they were making an idol of “dates” and worshipping them... then when they felt hungry they would simply eat them.
When you read ancient Egyptian history, you’ll find that Egyptians used to worship The Pharaoh, ascribing to him greater Holiness than all the other gods and with absolute power and complete submission to the “human” pharaoh, this manner remained with Egyptians for thousands of years until the coming of Islam to Egypt and the forbidding of worship to humans and idols. But it seems that this practice still lives in the genes of the Egyptians, as an inheritance passed down from their ancestors.
