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From: 2fntnougat@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Ian)
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Subject: Re: What makes one a Muslim?
Message-ID: <1991May17.135919.10966@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 17 May 91 13:59:19 GMT
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In article <1991May16.170038.24414@wpi.WPI.EDU>, soufi@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Khaled Soufi) writes:
> As far as I know, the *minimal* property for someone to be muslim is the
> following:
> 
>     MUSLIM <==> believe that there is only ONE GOD and Muhammad is his
>                 messenger 
> 
> --khaled

Thanks, Khaled.

Would other people on this section say that this is generally accepted by all
Muslims, or is it just for Khaled's particular branch of Islam?

On a related note, is it true that someone converts to Islam by declaring in
front of two Muslim witnesses "There is One God Allah and Muhammad is his
prophet"?
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