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If we look at the five principles of Islam, or the five pillars or the five fundamentals, belief practically ends with the first pillar of Islam. In other words, that affirmation that Allah is the only deity and that Muhammad is his messenger. After that, everything is action, is practice. The other four, i.e., praying, fasting, paying the zakat -- what I call a social tax -- and the hajj, involve action. Muslims are very action-oriented.
Agriculture is thought to have developed independently throughout the
world, so there is not necessarily one particular group of people that
could be considered to be the first. However, of the available options
the most likley to be correct would be a) Nomads in Central Asia. The
'fertile crescent' in the East is often referred to in this respect, as
being the first place agriculture was properly developed.
Search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam were largely unsuccessful. This is because new and larger reinforcements of Viet-Kongs moved in as soon as American forces departed. As such, these missions did not stem the flow of refugees.
