How to Become a Hindu

ISLAMIC BELIEFS

1. I believe that Allah is the Supreme Creator and Sustainer, all-knowing and transcendent and yet the arbiter of good and evil, the final judge of men.§

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2. I believe in the Five Pillars of Faith: 1) praying five times daily, 2)-charity through alms-giving, 3) fasting during the ninth month, 4) pilgrimage to Holy Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and 5) profession of faith by acknowledging, “There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is His Prophet.”§

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3. I believe in the Koran as the Word of God and sacred scripture mediated through the Angel Gabriel to Mohammed.§

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4. I believe in the direct communion of each man with God, that all are equal in the eyes of God and therefore priests or other intercessors are unneeded.§

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5. I believe in the pure transcendence of God, great beyond imagining—no form or idol can be worshiped in His Name.§

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6. I believe that the soul of man is immortal, embodied once on earth, then entering Heaven or Hell upon death according to its conduct and faith on earth.§

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7. I believe in the Last Judgment and that man should stand in humble awe and fear of God’s wrathful and vengeful power.§

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8. I believe that truthfulness should be observed in all circumstances, even though it may bring injury or pain.§

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9. I believe that salvation is only obtained through God’s grace and not through man’s efforts, yet man should do good and avoid all sins, especially drunkenness, usury and gambling.§

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