Shahadah "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger." This is the basic statement of the Islamic faith: anyone who cannot recite this wholeheartedly is not a Muslim.

The Shahadah is usually said a few times each day. It is said at birth as the first words a baby hears, and Muslims aim for these to be the last words they say before death.

Item 1 of 6 Syrian doctor Kassam Shahadah holds a phone during a funeral of the 19-year-old migrant from Syria Ahmed Al-Hassan, who drowned in Bug river, in the village of Bohoniki near Sokolka ...