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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Kippah, Yarmulke, Kufi and Zucchetti |
| Year of origin |
2,000 BCE |
| Location |
Mari, Syria |
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Background |
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The Cap of Cybele is one of the oldest and most sacred religious symbols of humanity. It is a thin, slightly rounded skullcap now commonly known by various titles including Kippah, Yarmulke, Kufi and Zucchetti. |
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The Cap of Cybele was traditionally worn by senior priests underneath other official ceremonial head dress such as the Mitre of Dagon, or the Cap of Attis. The cap was also worn in later years by penitents undertaking the purification of pilgrimage and had completely shaven their head and facial hair (men and women). |
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Its significance is representing respect, fear and submission to the Queen of Heaven, the Mother of all the Gods. A similar meaning is assigned through the probable origin of "Yarmulke" via either the Aramaic phrase yari malka, meaning "fear of the King (God)" and/or Hebrew ya'are m'elokai "to tremble before the Lord." |
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While the cap of Cybele is synonymous today with Orthodox Judaism and certain Muslims, there is no credible religious nor historical precedence for its use in either religion. |
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In the case of Judaism, there exist strict passages which forbid the wearing of such skullcaps and head dress. Nor is there a single verifiable historical example of the existence of the wearing the pagan cap of Cybele in Jewish tradition prior to the 3rd/4th Century CE. Contrary to modern attempts by scholars to "explain away" this anomaly, the popular use of the Yarmulke is without question heretical to ancient Jewish scripture and law. |
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Similarly, in the case of Islam, there is no credible evidence that Muhammad ordered such head dress to be worn by his followers, nor is there a single line within the Holy Qur'an demanding such obedience to dress. |
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In contrast, the Qur'an is quite explicit in detail concerning other detailed requirements of dress, particularly of women in public. It can therefore be said with complete confidence that the wearing of the cap of Cybele by Muslims has no credible religious basis and is a serious apostasy against the worshipping other gods other than Allah. |
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| In Roman Catholic ceremonial dress, the pagan Cap of Cybele is called the Zucchetti. |
| In Rome and upon the Vatican Hill there is strong grounds for making the connection to Cybele as the Vatican was the site of the largest ancient temple and necropolis to Cybele from 200 BCE onwards. |
| However, there is no evidence whatsoever in the various major re-written versions of the Gospels over the centuries of the Zucchetti having any spiritual significance to Christian ideals. |
| Nor is there any evidence of its use by the leaders of the various christian sects until well into the Middle Ages. |
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