West African Muslim Prayer Rugs

Background muslims pray facing the kaaba at mecca.

West african muslim prayer rugs.

Books such as kubik s africa and the blues and diouf s servants of allah. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab 3 14 95. African muslims enslaved in the americas 1998 new york university press are more geared toward university audiences. 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.

Dusty rose prayer rug with islamic mihrab design child size 0 5 99. It is important to. 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. Pink prayer rug with andalus mihrab.

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. Prayer mats come from the cultures of individual muslims so the names for the prayer rug are as diverse as muslim cultures are. And there are descendants who recall seeing their elders using prayer rugs and islamic prayer beads. 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.

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. West african muslim women in the united states like phoebe and hester shared in religious cultural practices such as prayer and preparing religiously significant foods. Singing with the chanting of the scriptures in arabic and substituting prayer rugs for. 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.

Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab. Burgundy and white prayer rug with vines in mihrab 1 14 95. The christians praying on the cover of this issue are recent west african converts from islam. 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.