1) For a Muslim living in one of the first world countries (ex: Germany, England, the United States, and so on), how feasible would it be to practice the Five Pillars of Faith? Which of the Five Pillars would be most doable and which would be the most challenging? Think of various occupations which would present special obstacles to the practice of the Five Pillars: an emergency room nurse or physician, someone working in a day care center, a sales clerk in a large department store, an attorney and so on, and describe how someone in these professions might be capable to follow the Five Pillars.

2) Religion and politics have been intertwined in different times and places, and to different degrees, all through human history. How are political and religious concerns associated? How are they dissimilar? How must the two be coordinated?

3) To what extent can a religious system bring regarding universal social and political harmony?