Paganism

===Postclassical history===
The medieval church accused sects deemed heretical such as the [[Waldensians]] and Cathars of participating in pagan fertility rites.<ref name="Byrne 2017 p. 626">{{cite book | last=Byrne | first=J.P. | title=The World of Renaissance Italy: A Daily Life Encyclopedia [2 volumes] | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-4408-2960-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_kmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA626 | access-date=2023-05-14 | page=626}}</ref>

====Islam in Arabia====
{{See also|Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia}}
Arab paganism gradually disappeared during [[Muhammad]]'s era through [[Islamization]].<ref name="sealednectar2">{{citation|title=The sealed nectar: biography of the Noble Prophet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r_80rJHIaOMC&pg=PA245|first=Saifur Rahman Al|last=Mubarakpuri|year=2005|publisher=Darussalam Publications|isbn=978-9960-899-55-8|pages=245–46}}</ref><ref name="online">Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=nmUrN0B8cvQC&pg=PA139 Tafsir Ibn Kathir Juz' 2 (Part 2): Al-Baqarah 142 to Al-Baqarah 252 2nd Edition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102164909/https://books.google.com/books?id=nmUrN0B8cvQC&pg=PA139 |date=2 January 2023 }}, p. 139, MSA Publication Limited, 2009, {{ISBN|1861796765}}. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090529214150/http://www.fda.gov/fsrscripts/triggerParams.js online])</ref> The sacred months of the Arab pagans were the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar.<ref name="The Sealed Nectar Free Version">Mubarakpuri, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-ppPqzawIrIC&pg=PA129 The Sealed Nectar (Free Version)]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, p. 129</ref> After Muhammad had conquered [[Mecca]] he set out to convert the pagans.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite book|last=Sa'd|first=Ibn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfnXAAAAMAAJ&q=Hatim|title=Kitab al-tabaqat al-kabir, By Ibn Sa'd, Volume 2|year=1967|publisher=Pakistan Historical Society|asin=B0007JAWMK|page=380}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{citation|title=The Sealed Nectar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ppPqzawIrIC&pg=PA269| first=Saifur|last=Rahman al-Mubarakpuri|year=2005|publisher=Darussalam Publications|page=269|isbn = 9798694145923}}</ref><ref name="Mufti Dec 2007 103">{{citation|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oiAtbfbHgVoC&pg=PA103| first=M. Mukarram Ahmed|last=Mufti|year=2007|publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd
|isbn=978-81-261-2339-1|page=103}}</ref> One of the last military campaigns that Muhammad ordered against the Arab pagans was the [[Demolition of Dhul Khalasa]]. It occurred in April and May 632 AD, in 10AH of the Islamic Calendar. [[Dhul Khalasa]] is referred to as both an idol and a temple, and it was known by some as the [[Ka'ba]] of Yemen, built and worshipped by polytheist tribes.<ref name=b3>{{cite book| title= Kinship and Marriage in Early Arabia|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VHufEXRlR6EC&pg=PA297 | first= William|last= Robertson Smith|year= 2010|publisher= Forgotten Books| isbn= 978-1-4400-8379-2| page = 297}}</ref><ref name=b2>{{cite book|title=Who Was Jesus?: Conspiracy in Jerusalem|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yWzcsddrx_wC&pg=PA146 | first= Kamal|last= S. Salibi|year= 2007|publisher= Tauris Parke Paperbacks|isbn= 978-1-8451-1314-8 | page = 146}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=When the Moon Split|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xJL6gxPUV4EC&pg=PA296 | first=Saifur Rahman Al|last=Mubarakpuri |year=2002|publisher=DarusSalam|isbn=978-9960-897-28-8|page= 296}}</ref>
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