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#2
Muslims are required to pray 5 times dailydawn, noon, mid-afternoon, evening, and night. Before they participate in public prayers, they must ritually cleanse themselves.
Wash their foreheads, hands, and feet before prayer If no water is availablethey are to use fine sand.
Prayers are to be offered kneeling on a rug or mata symbol that the area has been purified for prayer.
Shoes or sandals are to be removed before prayer. To face Mecca when praying.
#3
This is a 2.5 per cent (1/40th) tax on income now generally collected by the government in Islamic countries (cf. freewill offerings).
It is used for: caring for the poor, wayfarers, captives, and tax collectors; and in the cause of God. The latter category allows funds to be used for the general welfare of the community, for education, for public works, and for the defense of Islam and the Muslim community.
#4
Most of us have heard of Ramadanthe ninth month of the Islamic lunar year. During Ramadan, Muslim are to abstain from food, drink, and sexual activity during the daylight hours. Their literature, however, speaks of joyful and celebratory eating after sunset on those days. (cf. Catholic fasting, Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras) Those who faithfully keep this fast are assured of remission of sins.
Notice how a self-imposed action replaces the sacrifice of Christ to remove sins.
#5
Each Muslim must make a pilgrimage (trip) to the holy shrine of Kaba in Meccagenerally at least one time during his lifetime. The pilgrimage must be made from the 7th to 10th day of the 12th month on the Islamic calendar.
Conclusion
We again note that Islam is totally adverse to Christian faith. Christ and His work are both minimized and outright denied. Beyond that fact, Islam really mirrors the errors of all other false religion
It elevates mans authority above Gods word (Cf. Pope, Joseph Smith, etc.) It establishes a different gospel (plan of salvation) predicated on mans own works, rather than faith in Gods redemptive plan.