... not many in the beginning. He challenged people who wanted to see miracles by saying that his only miracle was the Koran and any miracle would be one directly from Allah, and one only had to look at the wonders of nature to see that miracle. After winning a series of violent wars with the established religion's followers, more and more people began to see ... that Muhammad was correct, until the city of Mecca mass converted. Because Muhammad insisted that he was only a tool of Allah and not a religious figure, his death didn't necessarily bring about any ... or duty of Islam. Muhammad'...

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"There is no God but Allah, ("The God"), and Mohammed is the prophet of God." This is the fundamental creed of Muslim beliefs, called the Shahadah. Beginning somewhere in the 6th century C.E., Mohammed began ... consensus of the community in the Ijma. Shahadah is the first of the five pillars. Muslims bear witness that Mohammed is the prophet of god and that there is only Allah. Even the name "Muslim" means "one who submits to God." The second pillar is Salat, or prayer. Muslims pray five times daily: dawn, noon, mid-noon, sunset, ... in the hills when he hears a voice say "Iqra," or "recit...

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