The belief system that requires fasting during Ramadan, praying five times daily, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca is 3. Islam. Those three acts are three of the Five Pillars of Islam, which are considered the keys to Muslim life. The additional two include declaring Mohammad as the sole messenger of the only God and giving a portion of your income to the poor.
The highest civic virtue in Rome was to put the well-being of the state and the republic above your own. The founding fathers believed that the US would prosper if people behaved in the same manner and fought together for a higher cause.
