Reading, viewing, note-taking and summarizing to produce a 100-word summary paragraph on the ritual of prayer entitled Manual of Prayer. please use only the required reading and viewing material from Lesson 10 (included down) to write their assignments. In regard to the format of this assignment, students are expected to write a short introduction (explaining the rationale for the performance of the prayer), and then to proceeded with a summary description of the different steps entailed in the performance of the prayer. This part of the assignment should begin with a brief mention of the ritual ablution which is a prerequisite for the validity of the prayer.
To successfully complete this assignment, students are encouraged to watch all visual sources, and to take notes on the ritual steps of the prayer. Students are not required to produce Works Cited list in this assignment. Students are required to use Assignment 7 Sheet to complete this assignment.
NOT FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTION WILL CAUSE YOU ENDING THE CONTRACT.
Write your own summary and do not only qoute and cope and paste!
2. Denny. F.M. The Pillars of Islam, pp. 111-116, 122-128.
3. Oxford University Podcast: Francesca Leoni, PhD., curator at Ashmolean Museum. The Five Pillars of Islam. Oxford University, Ashmolean Museum. 0:15:38 min.
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/five-pillars-islam
4. Group of Images: Muslim Prayer Movements, BBC, Religion & Ethics in Pictures,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/galleries/salah/
Note: Click on each small image underneath the bigger image to see the sequence of movements during the prayer.
5. Video: Muslim Prayer. PBS Learning Media. Collection: Religion & Ethics News Weekly: Access World Religions. 2:02 min.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/islam08.socst.world.glob.muslimpray/muslim-prayer/en/
Note: Take notes while reading/watching sources 1-5. You will need these notes to compete Assignment 7: Manual of Prayer.
6. Dunn, Ross E. Mecca, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, a Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century. University of California Press, 2005, pp. 65-80. (Moodle)
Note: Ibn Battuta (d. 1369) was one of the most famous medieval Muslim travelers. In this chapter, Ross Dunn
summarizes Ibn Battutas description of his visit to Mecca during the hajj season in 1326. (download below)
7. Virtual hajj (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/muhammad/vh_step1.shtml
8. Blog: Ahmed, Alzahraa. The Art of the Hajj: From the Camel to Snapchat. November 7, 2016. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/hajj-camel-snapchat
9. Online exhibition: Hajj & The Art Of Pilgrimage (700-2000). The Khalili Collection. Objects from the exhibition Longing for Mecca at Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. The Khalili Collections. Org.,
https://www.khalilicollections.org/all-collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/