<span>At one time there was a tax on Hindu citizens as well as a tax on other non-Muslim citizens. Akbar made the decision to defend religious freedom during his reign and backed it up by getting rid of both of these taxes. Akbar was the Mughal emperor from 1556-1605.</span>
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.
Is there a passage to go with this question? So we can have better understanding of what we should be looking for. But for a good guess, I’ll say the third one.
