May 28, 2012
 |
Islam in a nutshell: 5 pillars, 6 articles of faith
25 August 2010 / ,
There are two brief lists that summarize the essence of Islamic belief and practice: the five pillars of Islamic practice and the six articles of the Islamic faith.
The five pillars of Islamic practice are mandatory upon all Muslims. 1: The declaration of faith in the oneness of God and that Muhammad is the last prophet of God. 2: Performing the ritual Muslim prayer five times a day. 3: Carrying out the fast each Ramadan. 4: Mandatory almsgiving amounting to about 2.5 percent of one’s savings given to the needy at the end of each year. 5: Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in one’s lifetime, if physically and financially able to do so. There are six articles of faith in Islam, which are the basic beliefs that one must have in order to be considered a true Muslim. They are belief in: the One God; angels; divine scriptures, including the Quran; the prophets sent by God to humankind, including Muhammad; the Day of Judgment/the Afterlife; and predestination (God’s will).
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BÜLENT KENEŞ |  |
||
| What befell Niyazi-i Misri in the past is happening to Fethullah Gülen now | |||
| EKREM DUMANLI |  |
||
| When a call for fairness and reason finds acceptance | |||
| ŞAHİN ALPAY |  |
||
| Uludere, test case for democracy in Turkey | |||
| EMRE USLU |  |
||
| Are the Kurds mentally divorced from Turkey? | |||
| GÖKHAN BACIK |  |
||
| Erdoğan, Gül and Davutoğlu: the inner bargain on Turkish foreign policy | |||
| MARKAR ESAYAN |  |
||
| Taking lessons from previous experiences with the military | |||
| YAVUZ BAYDAR |  |
||
| Qualm | |||
| ÖMER TAŞPINAR |  |
||
| A new phase in Syria? | |||
| İHSAN DAĞI |  |
||
| Turkish foreign policy: Time for a re-evaluation | |||
| SEYFETTİN GÜRSEL |  |
||
| Poor-friendly economic growth and the AK Party | |||
| CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON |  |
||
| Missing women, missing opportunities | |||
| BERK ÇEKTİR |  |
||
| Changes to incentives for investment in Turkey | |||
| MERVE BÜŞRA ÖZTÜRK |  |
||
| The 1960 coup: a final test for democracy | |||
| AMANDA PAUL |  |
||
| Ukraine: a lost country | |||
| MÜMTAZER TÜRKÖNE |  |
||
| The 52nd anniversary of May 27 | |||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
