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1. The Profession of Faith—The Shahada

The Profession of Faith, the shahada, is the most fundamental expression of Islamic beliefs. It simply states that “There is no God but God and Muhammad is his prophet.” It underscores the monotheistic nature of Islam. It is an extremely popular phrase in Arabic calligraphy and appears in numerous manuscripts and religious buildings.

2. Daily Prayers—Salat

Muslims are expected to pray five times a day. This does not mean that they need to attend a mosque to pray; rather, the salat, or the daily prayer, should be recited five times a day. Muslims can pray anywhere; however, they are meant to pray towards Mecca. The faithful pray by bowing several times while standing and then kneeling and touching the ground or prayer mat with their foreheads, as a symbol of their reverence and submission to Allah. On Friday, many Muslims attend a mosque near midday to pray and to listen to a sermon, khutba.

3. Alms-Giving—Zakat

The giving of alms is the third pillar. Although not defined in the Qu’ran, Muslims believe that they are meant to share their wealth with those less fortunate in their community of believers.

4. Fasting during Ramadan—Saum

During the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims are expected to fast from dawn to dusk. While there are exceptions made for the sick, elderly, and pregnant, all are expected to refrain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

Hundreds throng around the Kaaba at the start of Hajj (photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Hundreds throng around the Kaaba at the start of Hajj (photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0)

5. Pilgrimage to Mecca—Hajj

All Muslims who are able are required to make the pilgrimage to Mecca and the surrounding holy sites at least once in their lives. Pilgrimage focuses on visiting the Kaaba and walking around it seven times. Pilgrimage occurs in the 12th month of the Islamic Calendar.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-islam/beginners-guide-islamic/a/the-five-pillars-of-islam

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The Qur'an, was written in Arabic within 30 years of Muhammad's death. Muslims believe it contains the literal word of God. http://www.religionfacts.com/islam

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"Muslims recognize some earlier Judeo-Christian prophets—including Moses and Jesus—as messengers of of the same true God."

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Mecca is home of Muhammad.

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Instead, Islamic religious art has focused on the glorification of God's word, specifically by writing it beautifully, and accompanying the Arabic script with geometric and floral designs known as arabesques, in which plants grow according to the laws of geometry rather than nature.

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Mono means one and theism means belief in god .

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Islam only believes in one god and that god is Allah. Allah is arabic for The god.

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There are five pillars of Islam
1 there is no god but god
2 ritual prayer 5 times a day
3 charitable giving to the poor
4 fasting during the holy season
5 Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca

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"The Arabic word Islam means “submission,” reflecting the faith's central tenet of submitting to the will of God."

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A Muslim is a follower of Islam

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in a Islamic tradition the angel Gabriel appeared to the people over the course of 20 years revealing to him many messages from God.

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The Islamic religion has 1 billion followers and has a monotheistic based faith. They worship Allah at a temple called a mosque.

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A  Zakat is where 7% of your salary a year would be given to people who don't have money

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Mono theism is the belief that there is only one god

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By the time Muhammad died the whole Arabian Peninsula had come under Muslim control.

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The Arabic word Islam means submission. Reflecting their faith's  central tenet of submitting to the will of God.

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Muslims live in every country.

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There only god is named Allah which is Arabic for "the (al) God (Ilah)"

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The population of Islam followers take up about 23% of the global population.

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Five Pillars of Islam faith, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca, and alms include several holidays and rituals as well.

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they believe in only one god

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is their holy bible. It was written 30 years after Muhammad's death

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Islam is the 2nd most popular religion with over 1 billion followers

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Islam has over 1.5 million followers - Matthew Turk

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Islam has over 1.5 million followers - Matthew Turk

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the Islamic religion was recorded in 2010 to be the 2nd most popular religion at 1.6 billion believers it is estimated to have 2.8 billion believers by 2050 it is believed it will have a equivalent number of believers compared to the christian religion

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Muslims are expected to reach 2.8 billion by 2050 and then they will be about equal to the number of Christians in the world.

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The only reason that Islam has, so many followers is because so many people live in that area which is known for Islams.

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One important thing to remember is that terrorists, and their supporters, represent a small percentage of followers within the religion who follow a type of Islam that has little regard for human life. I think Islamophobia, or the fear of Muslims, just because of terrorism in the US, is very stereotypical. Not all Muslims are terrorist.

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Islam has over 1 billion followers. It is the second biggest religion in the world. Islam only believes in one god which makes them monotheistic.

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Islam is the 2nd largest religion in the world, Christianity being the first. It's told when the Angel, Gabriel, came down from heaven he spoke messages of God. I'm not quite personally sure, if Muhammad is like Jesus were as he is just a messenger or a teacher of Islam.

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Islam is the second largest  religion in the world.

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Muslims live on every continent in the world. Islam also has over 1 billion followers.

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The Qur'an was written in Arabic within 30 years of Muhammad's death and is believed to contain the word of god.http://www.religionfacts.com/islam

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Islam is world wide and is the second largest religion with OVER 1 billion followers

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Islam is the second largest belief. with 1.5 billion
followers (still growing)

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Islam has over 1 billion followers

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Muhammad was a prophet and is said to have received god's word from the angel gabriel.

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Allah is the Arabic way of saying God.Islam worships the same God as Christians or Jews, but they have different ideas about what God wants. In Christianity, people see themselves made in God's image, but in Islam, they see god as unique and without equal. They avoid using specific pronouns when talking about God so that people don't create a physical image for him

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Islam has over one billion followers world wide, believes in one god (monotheism), Muhammad is the last and greatest prophet. The prophet dedicated the remainder of his life to spreading monotheism to a polytheistic world. The Arabic word Islam means submission reflecting the faiths central tenet of submitting to the will of god.

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Islam is the second largest religion with over 1 billion followers and it is monotheistic which means it believes in one god

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The 5th pillar is to go to Mecca more then one time in their life time.

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Mecca is located in Saudi Arabia, the holy city and the birth place of the phrophet Muhammad

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Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Muhammad is a major leader

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The city Meca is the 1st city of islam and the home of Muhammad.

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Islamic religion follows
these five pillars or rituals
faith; prayer; fasting; pilgrimage to Mecca; and alms—and include several holidays and rituals as well.

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The first pillar is the resitation of faith.

The second pillar is having to pray 5 times a day.

The third pillar is charitable giving to the poor .

The forth pillar is fasting during the holy month.

The final pillar is to go to Mecca at least once in their life time.