Muslim people are obligated to fulfill the pillars throughout their lifetime. The pillars are Shahada for faith, Salah for prayer, Zakat for Almsgiving, Sawm for fasting and Hajj for pilgrimage.

The Islamist organization in power today in Damascus, Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, is grappling with the management of power and the unification of a country divided and torn apart by years of civil ...