For Sunni Muslims the Shahadah is: "There is no God but Allah ... Uthman and Ali as leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims only combine the five daily prayers if ...

But what does now ubiquitous hand signal mean? The single raised index ... but refers to the first half of the shahada, the affirmation of Muslim faith that his recited before every prayer.

Shahadah is the belief that “there is no God but Allah- and Muhammad is his messenger”. All people converting to Islam must say these words to become part of the Islamic faith. Another ...