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Tehran: Asserting their growing independence, Iranian women check out the latest fashions at a thriving urban marketplace.
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Indonesia: In the world’s most populous Muslim country, religious custom has a modern flair. Here, a model dons designer Islamic garb for a fashion shoot.
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Riyadh: At a shopping mall, the juxtaposition of these young Saudi men and women hints at societal contradictions.
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im trying my best not to read to much into this picture.. but i dunno it seems a though they are trying to potray that the line behind the imam (or the man leading the prayer) are actually doing sajda to him.. its odd dont u think... i think my imagination is obsecured
^^ Sadzzz and Sara: I don't know what to say to you two :-s
They are not doing sajda to the man leading the prayer. As you know there are 2 sajdas in each rakaat. The imam has gotton up after the first sajda and the imam does everything before the people behind him. He's up from the first sajda and the people behind him are still in sajda and they are about to get up as well and then they'll go to the second sajda. :)
If they would be doing sajda to the imam, the imam's FACE will be towards them, not his back :-s
^ i didnt mean they were implying anything.. but most of the western world wouldnt know that would they? that the iman is a step ahead.. thats all im saying :) its the way the photo has been taken
sorry, my english teacher taught me to analyse everything... plus its a female thing haha
(uh oh, now LUC is gonna accuse me of trying to change my words)
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^^ Sadzzz and Sara: I don't know what to say to you two :-s
They are not doing sajda to the man leading the prayer. As you know there are 2 sajdas in each rakaat. The imam has gotton up after the first sajda and the imam does everything before the people behind him. He's up from the first sajda and the people behind him are still in sajda and they are about to get up as well and then they'll go to the second sajda. :)
If they would be doing sajda to the imam, the imam's FACE will be towards them, not his back :-s
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well like sadzzz said, non muslims woulnd't know that now would they?
anyway i never said they actually were doing it, just that it appeared that way
Sadzzz and Sara well you right too. Even if they knew, non-muslims are idiots any way. They'll try to do whatever they can to defame Islam and make fun of it. It's the media that shows the right things in a wrong way.
The imam seems to just sat down (look at his hands, just off the ground on his knees) and then he might be saying "Allahu-Akbar" and namazi behind him would only get up when they hear him saying "Allah-Akbar", not before that.
It could just be that the picture was clicked in the instant after the Imam had arisen, and the congregation behind him was just about to follow, when the photographer took the picture.
Anyways, in the overall grander scheme of things... an interesting edition from TIME. Has anyone read it?
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