"Ashadu an la ilaha illallahu wa ashadu anna Muhammadin abduhu
wa rasooluh," "I bear witness that there is no God but Allah,
and I bear witness that Muhammad is his Servant and Messenger."
Making this simple statement and believing it with all your heart
is all that is required for one to become a Muslim. Candace repeats
the words in Arabic after Janaan Baianonie, the wife of the Imam
Abul-Yusr Baianonie (the religious leader of the masjid), and
in English after Mona Malik.