Islam Call to Prayer

  We are learning about Islam in World Religions and today we began learning the "basics" so to speak. We watched this video on the Call to Prayer and it was...so beautiful that I teared up.Here's a link to the video we watched in class. I ask you to watch it; it's only a few minutes.
 Call to Prayer
 I think that call to prayer is so beautiful and inspiring. I found it beautiful because it sounds like singing. I  knew about the call to prayer and that Muslims prayed several times throughout the day. however, I thought that the call to prayer was exactly that: someone getting on that microphone/speaker and calling people to go pray. someone saying "prayer time, it is prayer time" or something to that effect. it was so inspiring to me to learn that they pray 5 times a day.click on the link below that says "Muslim prayer." it is a short demonstration of Muslim prayer. watch it; it is only a few minutes. they do that 5 times a day! at specific times during the day they pray. when the call to prayer happens,they stop whatever they are doing: cars pull over, shops close, etc. they drop everything and pray. what if we as Christians did that? what if we dropped everything at specific times during the day and prayed to God? I also admire them for not caring where they are when it is time for call to prayer. I sometimes feel a bit funny about praying in public, like in a restaurant or something, or even praying out loud for or with someone. they don't. I think these are two things we as Christians(at least myself personally)can learn from.
the last video "5 pillars of Islam" is just an "5 pillars" song. I found it really good.



5 Pillars of Islam

Muslim Prayer