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             Muhammad found refuge in the rival city of Medina where he was accepted and gathered a fairly large following. Even in Mecca he had some followers and people all over were accepting his message, but, from Medina, he issued a holy war against Mecca. After eight years, Muhammad captured Mecca and became the ruler. He implemented the divine orders he believed he was called to carry out and retained the pilgrimage to Mecca as part of his religious restoration2 Muhammad was born poor, but he died known as the founder of the great religion of Islam, and was considered a "poet, an inspired prophet with a fearless heart ." Muhammad died in 632 with the majority of the Arabian Peninsula under Islam, a word that literally means "submission." However, he didn't claim to be a revolutionary or innovator -- but to complete the work of the Jewish Christian prophets.
             2. Identify the etiology of the problem providing the causative factors which contribute to the problem.
             The five pillars of the Islamic faith are: The believer to make a declaration of faith, to establish formal prayer, give to charity, fasting and prayer in the month of Ramadan, and to make the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca
             The Shahada is the confession of faith, which is the first cornerstone of Islam. It reads "I confess that there is no God but Allah and the Muhammad, peace be upon him, is His servant and messenger. There is no god worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His messenger. This declaration of faith is called the Shahada, a simple sentence which all the faithful pronounce. In Arabic, the first part is la ilaha illa'Allah - 'there is no god except God'; ilaha (god) can refer to anything which we may be tempted to put in place of God--wealth, power, and the like. Then comes illa'Allah: 'except God', the source of all Creation. The second part of the Shahada is Muhammadun rasulu'Llah: 'Muhammad is the messenger of God.' A message of guidan...