Beliefs

==The people of the Islamic religion believe in five basic things. The first belief is that they must only believe in god. Muslims only have one god, Allah. They can only worship Allah and nothing else not even symbols for Allah. The second belief is that they have to believe that Muhammad was a prophet and they have to believe in all of the prophets before Muhammad. The third belief is that they have to believe that god was just. He would be fair and he would give people what they deserved.The fourth belief is they must believe in the Imams of God. The Fifth believe is that they have to believe in the Day of Judgement. The Day of Judgement is believed to be the day when God judges the moral worth of humans as individuals or as an entire race. == ==In the Islamic religion there are five basic duties that have to be followed. The first duty is the belief in the religion. They fully comit themselves to the religion and all that comes with it. The second duty is to pray to Allah five times per day. To pray, it doesn't matter where they are, on the street, at home, at a store, the MUST pray five times a day. They face in the direction of Mecca to pray and with this prayer, they also sing and bow their head to the ground. The third duty is to give money to the poor. The fourth duty is to make a pilgrimage to Mecca atleast once in their lifetime as long as they are physically and financially capable. The final basic duty of the islamic religion is to fast during the month of Ramadan. They are only able to eat food when it is dark, never during the light hours of the day. This is intended to teach Muslims of patients and humility. This is when they ask Allah for forgivness for past sins and try to purify themselves by doing good deeds. ==