West African Muslim Prayer Rugs

The christians praying on the cover of this issue are recent west african converts from islam.

West african muslim prayer rugs.

Get reliable source of somerset west athan azan and namaz times with weekly salat timings and monthly salah timetable somerset west. Dusty rose prayer rug with islamic mihrab design child size 0 5 99. Most accurate islamic prayer times in somerset west province of the western cape south africa today fajar time 06 21 am dhuhur time 12 47 pm asr time 03 25 pm maghrib time 05 43 pm isha time 07 08 pm. As part of the lesson the first grade students at the tax funded school were ordered to decorate islamic prayer rugs and learn about the muslim deity while studying the significance of ramadan.

Evidence of islamic food culture on the sea islands is not only in the recollections of hester s honey cakes but also in enslaved muslims practices with food and drink. And there are descendants who recall seeing their elders using prayer rugs and islamic prayer beads. In west africa there is the kufi hat or alasho tagelmust turban which is worn with the grand boubou for all official functions weddings and islamic celebrations. Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab.

Singing with the chanting of the scriptures in arabic and substituting prayer rugs for. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab 3 14 95. Books such as kubik s africa and the blues and diouf s servants of allah. In terms of popular culture it s hard to find a single work whether it s a novel movie song or other art form that covers the intersection of muslim culture music and african slaves.

Background muslims pray facing the kaaba at mecca. Many prefer to call it a sajjada which comes from the arabic root word for prostration some call it a mussalla which means place of prayer and of course there is the straight english terms of prayer rug or prayer mat. Ali points to burial grounds on islands off the southern state of georgia where slave tombstones bear islamic markings and churches that were built facing the east the direction muslims face while praying. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab.

Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab 1 14 95. So people who are on the east of mecca most of asia australia etc face west while praying while people on the west of mecca most of europe the americas etc face east. Prayer mats come from the cultures of individual muslims so the names for the prayer rug are as diverse as muslim cultures are. Another west african robe is called a senegalese kaftan which is similar to an arabic thobe but with a different tailored cut and the kufi or fez is often worn with it.