Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world consisting of over 1 billion followers. The Islamic religion began with one man Muhammad, and shares many common beliefs with Christianity and Judaism. The Islam believers known as Muslims ("one who submits to Allah" in Arabic) follow "the Five Pillars of Islam" which provide to them a spiritual foundation and function. The main beliefs are the Shahada ( declaring your faith only to Allah- even though, "People of the Book" are often mislead by pondering that Muhammad is the God of the Islamic faith, the Muslims plainly consider Muhammad the final prophet. Salat is the second pillar stating that Muslims must pray towards Mecca three to five times daily. The third pillar consists is
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