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The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. The following animated videos depict the experiences of nine Muslim Americans from across the country who differ in heritage, age, gender and occupation.
Shahada, an Islamic creed; Taharah, Islamic ritual purification; Zakat, Islamic almsgiving; Other rituals. Eid al-Adha § Observances; Eid al-Fitr § General rituals
Khitan (Arabic: ختان) or Khatna (Arabic: ختنة) is the Arabic term for circumcision, [1] [2] and the Islamic term for the practice of religious male circumcision in Islamic culture. [3] Male circumcision is widespread in the Muslim world , [ 3 ] and accepted as an established practice by all Islamic schools of jurisprudence .
A mosque (Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid), literally meaning "place of prostration", is a place of worship for followers of Islam. There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni jurisprudence (fiqh) for a place of worship to be considered a masjid, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as musallas.
All Muslim men are expected to participate at a mosque with certain exceptions due to distance and situation. [3] Women and children can also participate but do not fall under the same obligation that men do. [4] The service consists of several parts including ritual washing, chants, recitation of scripture and prayer, and sermons. [4]
A Sunni Muslim (left) and Shia Muslim (right) performing the Friday prayer in Tehran. Some Sunnis perform salah with the hands clasped ("qabd"), while Shia offer salah with their hands at their sides ("sadl"). While most Muslims pray five times a day, some Muslims pray three times a day, believing the Qur'an only mentions three prayers.
Tatbir (Arabic: تطبير, romanized: Taṭbīr) is a form of self-flagellation rituals practiced by some Shia Muslims in commemoration of the killing of Husayn ibn Ali and his partisans in the Battle of Karbala by forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683). The ritual is practiced in the Islamic month of Muharram, usually on ...
A Muslim Wedding Survey of North American Muslims, revealed among other things the merger of two or more cultures. For example, the two most popular wedding dress colors are red and white. Whereas in traditional Muslim countries marriages have been arranged, in the United States, 57.75% of weddings are through friends, online or people the ...