The Five Pillars Of Christianity

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Throughout the past as well as in the present day, I think not only Christianity has failed to accept and hold regard for Islam, but our society as a whole. This is because, as Aly Khan says, we, including myself, lack the knowledge of the great human and spiritual ideas for which Islam and the teachings of Islam stand. Islam believes in the same God as Christianity, but just has different practices. Muslims, who are the practitioners,, completely submit to the will of God through the Five Pillars of Islam; which are Iman (Faith), (Salat (Prayer), Sawm (Fasting), Zakat (Charity and Almsgiving), and the Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca). So why is the peaceful religion of Islam looked down upon by society?
We have let our biases and fear define Islam

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