During the last summer holidays I went to Jeddah that is a city of Saudi Arabia to meet my aunt. With her I visited different places, the most prominent things there were the mosques with green lights. I went in there during their prayer time, and saw all the people offering prayer in cues behind their Imam, and everybody regardless of their status was standing in same cue, there was no difference of rich and poor, this was one of the things that really enthused me and I asked my aunt to tell me about this religion. On my insist, she agreed and call her neighbor friend who was also a Muslim.
That man explained me completely about Islam. I asked him different questions accordingly:
Q1: What are the basic purposes of Islamic practices?
Ans: Islam recognizes that correct practice makes people Muslims and that, for most people, correct belief follows upon correct practice. Muslim children are rarely taught a catechism. Rather, they are taught to pray and to perform other rituals. They grow up performing basic purification rites, because these determine the nature of toilet training. And like children everywhere, they enjoy doing what grown-ups do, so they frequently follow along in the movements of the ritual prayer when their parents or other family members perform it. No one cares if they lose interest in the middle and go off to play. The point is for the practices gradually to become a natural and organic part of the human configuration.
Behind all the stress on practice is the recognition that the Koran must become flesh and blood. It is not enough for people to read the Koran or learn what it says. They have to embody the Book. It must become the determining reality of what they do (islam........
