Five Pillars of Islam if one is able. "Shahada" is a declaration of faith and trust that professes that there is only one God "(Allah)" and that Muhammad is God's messenger. It is a set statement normally recited in Arabic: "lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāhu muḥammadun rasūlu-llāh" () "There is no god but God (and) Muhammad is the messenger of God." It is essential to utter it to become a Muslim and to convert to Islam. "Salah" ("ṣalāh") is the Islamic prayer. "Salah" consists of five daily prayers according to the Sunna; the names are according to the prayer times: "Fajr" (dawn), "Dhuhr" (noon), "ʿAṣr" (afternoon),
The Trouble with Islam Today that Manji was "right about the systematic racism in the Muslim world" and that "there were many redeeming points in her memoir". Downloads from the author's official website: The Trouble with Islam Today The Trouble with Islam Today, original title "The Trouble with Islam" is a 2004 book critical of Islam written by Irshad Manji, styled in an open-letter addressed to concerned citizens worldwide - Muslim or not. In the book the author aims to provide an examination of what she describes as "the inferior treatment of women in Islam"; "Jew-bashing that so many Muslims persistently engage in", "the continuing