Islam is a monotheistic religion revealed through the Prophet Muhammad using the Quran. It is made up of five pillars, shahada, which is a confession of faith, salat, which is prayer, zakat, which is charity or donation, sawm, which is fasting and hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. These are the foundations of religion. Zakat, sawm and hajj are not seen in the novel but shadaha and salat are. Shahada means that Allah is their only God and there are no other gods before him. This is seen in the novel when they destroy Buddha statues because they think he is