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what's that you hear it yes that's the adhan the call for prayer that means it's going to

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be time for prayer soon i'm going to need to go and pray oh why do you pray i am a muslim

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my religion is islam and being a muslim means i pray five times a day we pray at dawn time

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midday, late afternoon, sunset, and at night, just before bed. We pray to God to

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say thank you for all the blessings he has given us. Oh, interesting. Okay, so

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what's Islam all about then? Well, Muslims believe that there is only one God. The

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name of God in Arabic is Allah. He is the creator of everything. God created the

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The moon, the sun, the stars, the sky.

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And he created everything on earth, me and you, the plants, the flowers, the animals,

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and even the tiniest of insects.

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God created the entire universe.

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There are five pillars in Islam.

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Every Muslim must perform these five pillars.

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They are Belief, Prayer, Charity, Fasting and Pilgrimage.

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Belief The first pillar means to believe in God,

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and that he is the only God, and that the Prophet Muhammad is his messenger.

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The second pillar, prayer, is performed five times a day.

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And like I mentioned before, we pray at dawn, midday, late afternoon, sunset, and at night.

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That sounds like a lot of praying.

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Is it hard?

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No, not at all.

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We are praying to God, and when I remember that it is God that keeps me healthy and keeps my heart beating, it makes me want to pray.

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The third pillar is charity.

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also known as Saka. Saka literally means purification.

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Saka is to give only 2.5% just once a year. That means if you have 100 pounds,

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you give 2.5% of this to the poor, which is only £2.50. If everyone in the world did this,

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there would be no more poor people. The fourth pillar is fasting. In Arabic,

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it is called Salm. Every Muslim in the world fasts in the month of Ramadan, eating once in

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the morning and then when the sun goes down. Fasting helps us to remember the poor and needy

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better. It also helps develop self-control and helps us to overcome selfishness, greed and

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laziness. The main reason for fasting though is to please God and become closer to him.

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Finally, the fifth pillar is pilgrimage, otherwise known as Hajj. Hajj is to visit

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the Kaaba in Makkah during the Islamic month of Zul Hijjah. Every Muslim should go for

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Hajj at least once in their life, if they can afford it. Everyone wears white clothes

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to show that we are all equal. And that's it. Those are the five pillars of Islam.

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Kha, thanks. It was very nice of you to tell me about your religion, Islam.

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Not a problem. You can ask me anything, anytime. But right now, I need to go for my midday

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prayer okay see you later okay bye would you like to come and see how I pray okay sure