Definitions

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  • noun Islam The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God and the prophethood of Mohammed, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).

Etymologies

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From Arabic شهادة (šahāda, "witnessing").

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Examples

  • One was the flag of Saudi Arabia, which features the Arabic script for the "shahada" - the

    CNSNews.com Headlines sjones 2010

  • “An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief.”

    Michael Jackson converts to Islam 2008

  • “An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief.”

    Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » Michael Jackson Turns Muslim 2008

  • There, he alleges, he made his declaration of the Islamic faith known as shahada and, as instructed by his FBI handlers, posed as a serious student of Islam.

    GlobalResearch.ca 2009

  • "An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief."

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • "An imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief."

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2009

  • At the end the crowd started shouting "Allahu akbar", "God is greatest", and reciting the shahada, that is the Islamic profession of faith.

    Gates of Vienna 2009

  • "An imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief."

    A Tangled Web 2008

  • 'An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief.

    Screen News 2008

  • "An Imam was summoned from the mosque and Michael went through the shahada, which is the Muslim declaration of belief."

    Israellycool 2008

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