Why isn't the black stone at Mekka an idol?

Why isn't the black stone at Mekka an idol? And if not, what is it? What
are the benefits to Muslims of touching the black stone?


--
John Berg
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his
absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must
delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has
ceased to be a great power among men. --W. Churchill




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