1 The Pillars of Islam 15 1 Morality and the pillars of Islam 19 2 More than the barest minimum 23 3 How does God refer to Himself? 30 4 The All-Seeing 36 5 The jugular vein 40 6 Mistakes in salah 43 7 Concentration in salah 49 8 Fasting "as it was prescribed for those before you" 54 9 The deeper meaning of fasting 59 10 The different types of charity in Islam 65 11 Don't delay Hajj 72 12 Tips for Hajj 78 2 Signs of God (Allah) 83 13 The Big Bang 87 14 Life on Earth 90 15 Solar eclipses 94 16 The Moon 98 17 Stars 102 18 Mountains 105 19 Climbing into the sky 107 3 The Quran 111 20 Did Muhammad write the Quran? 115 21 Critical literacy and the Quran 121 22 The importance of memorization 126 4 Islamic Terms and Concepts 133 23 Problems of translation 137 24 Jihad 142 25 Islam 153 26 Fatwa 161 27 Halal 165 28 Ibadah 170 29 Kafir 174 30 Haqq and sidq 177 5 Unsung Heroes of Islam 183 31 Bilal 187 32 Al-Arqam 189 33 Abu Hurairah 191 34 Fatima Al-Fihri 193 35 Ibn Sina 195 36 Lubna of Spain 197 37 Mansa Musa 201 38 King Charles III 203 39 Sadio Mané 210 6 Conversion 213 40 Why are you a Muslim? 217 41 Why people convert 222 42 US Hispanic conversions 229 43 Convert musicians 233 44 British career women converts 239 45 Tauhid and Christianity 244 46 Born Muslims, Muslim converts, and culture 249 Brief Glossary of Arabic Islamic Terms 254.