Islam’s Holy City Mecca now fills with muslim pilgrims from all over the world who are embarking on a once in a life time obligatory Hajj pilgrimage as part of the Islamic Law which mandates muslims to visit Mecca once in their life as a symbol of submission to God and following in the Abrahamic footsteps of their fore fathers.Hajj is the fifth pillar of Islam.
The so called Russian Spy became muslim before death. He was poisened by radioactive polonium 210 and the story has been all over the media. The twist to this came when we first saw his wife being driven away by a Chechen minister and then we hear the rumors of his conversion to Islam, which are later to be confirmed. Islamic law or the Shariah is the rules set forth in the Muslim’s holy book the Quran and the teachings of prohpet Muhammad Peace be upon him and all the prophets of God. We must wonder when we see injustice around us if the world community still has a concious. It was interesting to many muslims around the world when the Russian spy story came to its end only to expose the fact that the former spy became a muslim and took Shahadah (testimony that there is no God but Allah - the arabic name of the one deity and that Mohammed is the final messenger of God) right before his death.
When a person accepts Islam all their previuos sins are not only wiped away, but they are converted to good deeds. This is the mercy of God almighty.