Islam Monday 4 21 Shahadah profession of faith Makes two claims 1 God is the only God 2 Muhammad is a man on earth Tawhid oneness all ness unity god is one Shirk to have an association with or a relationship with anything that is not Allah Kafir a barbarian Jihad goal of Islam your personal individual struggle to remember Allah now Holy war if you have a safe place then you do not have the right to go to war Lesser Jihad condition do you or do you not currently right now have the opportunity and safe place to practice the greater jihad Sufi Islamic mystic you solve the problem of Jihad Dhikr zikr to repeat repetition in two ways 1 Repetition of word 2 Repeat a motion and the repeat the Shahadah Or means Remembrance the only way you can do that is to loose yourself islam lower case i to submit or surrender oneself Ummah community of submitters world wide community of Muslims No uniqueness No individuality Zero rights The community has rights Communal salvation not individual salvation