How much importance do you give to salah?

there is no compromise on salat ...... but that does not mean ...that in present era ..you cut off the throat of others ...on this pretext ...as the other groups does not offer salat as the first one ....moreover ..it has to be seen ...where you are working ...in muslim country ..or non muslim country ...where you live ...in muslim country or non muslim country .....SALAT CANNOT BE USED FOR CONTROLLING THE mes ...and making them scare of ...islam .... refer SURA BAQARA .....ALLAH says ...IT IS NO virtue ..by FACING EAST OR WEST ...[ there were sahabas ...allah is not calling it prayer .....[this is lesson for us ...and not at all by any means for condemning sahabas R.A ] ...but virtue is >>>THEN COMES !(COMMANDMENTSS ....which are just humanism .......... hence be good human...a mus;lim should be better than humanity ...faith will strength......salah is of course a gift from miraj....