There isn't any other way to say it, sort of like finding the definition of "a."
In the book, Hawaii, James Michener spent a good deal of time trying to explain the religion of the Polynesians. The Polynesian priests would point to this or that behavior and say it is tabu. It was just that simple. Never mind that some tabu things were utterly nonsensical, such as walking on the shadow of the Alii Nui, violation of the tabu in the witness of a religious authority carried a simple sanction: death.
I may need to start learning more about this Islam thing. I've always been a live-and-let-live sort, but these intolerant souls need to be isolated.
"a" means "one"
aside from that, no criticism of your post.