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ThepilgrimagetoMakkah(Mecca)isthemostsignificantmanifestationofIslamicfaithandunityintheworld. Thistakesplaceinthelastmonthoftheyear,andallMuslimsareexpectedtomakethistripatleastonce duringtheirlifetime. FastingthattakesplaceduringtheholymonthofRamadan.OrdainedintheHolyQur'an,thefastisanactof deeppersonalworshipinwhichMuslimsseekaricherperceptionofGod.Fastingisalsoanexerciseinselfcontrolwherebyone'ssensitivityisheightenedtothesufferingsofthepoor. AcityinSaudiArabiathatwasthebirthplaceofMuhammadandtheholiestcityofIslam. TheholybuildingwhereMuslimsworship. Aspiritualstrugglewithoneselfagainstsinor“struggleforthefaith”. TheIslamicsacredbook,believedtobethewordofGodasdictatedtoMuhammadbythearchangelGabriel andwrittendowninArabic. AfollowerofthereligionofIslam. AcubeshapedstonestructureinthecenterofMecca,saidtocontainrelicsofheaven. TheArabfounderofIslam,MuhammadisbelievedtobethechiefprophetofGod.BorninMecca.Muslims believethattheKoranwasdictatedtohimbyanangelsentfromGod. TheninthmonthoftheMuslimyear,duringwhichstrictfastingisobservedfromsunrisetosunset.Oneofthe FivePillarsofIslam. ThefiveprimaryobligationsofafollowerofIslam:Belief,Worship,Fasting,Almsgiving,Pilgrimage. TheArabicwordforGod. ApersonregardedasaninspiredteacherorproclaimerofthewillofGod.InIslamthispersonisbelievedtobe Muhammad. Thebeliefinasingleall-powerfulgod,asopposedtoreligionsthatbelieveinmultiplegods.Judaism, Christianity,andIslamarewidelypracticedformsofmonotheism. Ajourney,especiallyalongone,madetosomesacredplaceasanactofreligiousdevotion;inIslam:aHajj. Apartofadeceasedholyperson'sbodyorbelongingskeptasanobjectofreverence. Professionoffaith"ThereisnoGodbutGodandMuhammadistheMessengerofGod.". Prayer,isthesecondpillar.TheIslamicfaithisbasedonthebeliefthatindividualshaveadirectrelationship withGod. Almsgiving,isthethirdpillar.Socialresponsibilityisconsideredpartofone'sservicetoGod;theobligatoryact ofzakatenshrinesthisduty.
