Profession of Faith (shahada). The belief that "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God" is central to Islam. This phrase, written in Arabic, is often prominently featured in architecture and a range of objects, including the Qur'an, Islam's holy book of divine revelations. One becomes a Muslim by reciting this phrase with conviction.
Prayer (salat). Muslims pray facing Mecca five times a day: at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and after dark. Prayer includes a recitation of the opening chapter (sura) of the Qur'an, and is sometimes performed on a small rug or mat used expressly for this purpose (see image 24). Muslims can pray individually at any location (fig. 1) or together in a mosque, where a leader in prayer (imam) guides the congregation. Men gather in the mosque for the noonday prayer on Friday; women are welcome but not obliged to participate. After the prayer, a sermon focuses on a passage from the Qur'an, followed by prayers by the imam and a discussion of a particular religious topic.
Alms (zakat). In accordance with Islamic law, Muslims donate a fixed portion of their income to community members in need. Many rulers and wealthy Muslims build mosques, drinking fountains, hospitals, schools, and other institutions both as a religious duty and to secure the blessings associated with charity.
Fasting (sawm). During the daylight hours of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, all healthy adult Muslims are required to abstain from food and drink. Through this temporary deprivation, they renew their awareness of and gratitude for everything God has provided in their lives—including the Qur'an, which was first revealed during this month. During Ramadan they share the hunger and thirst of the needy as a reminder of the religious duty to help those less fortunate.
Answer:
False
Explanation:
The collectivization is a process through which there's forced consolidation of the individual peasant households into collective farms. Basically, this was a process in which the people that were more capable, hard working, managed to prosper in life and have larger pieces of land, were forced to give their land to the others and all together to work on it and own it in a way, with everyone having an equal share. This was going to the advantage of the people that were lazier, were not very smart, and din't really had any chance of prospering in normal circumstances. This process led to destroying the capable people in the communist countries, which led to major economic problems, especially when it came to the agriculture, so very often there was lack of food.
There is freedom of speech in America to say whatever you want. Many countries in the world are democratic meaning people get to chose their leader. People can be who they want they are not told by their country who to be.
