Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Islamic Center of Western Massachusetts Trip Info

There's no new homework today, but here's some important information about tomorrow's field trip.

Things to bring:
• Good traveling lunch: We will be bringing Blue House café lunches, but outside of that, bring food that can be eaten right out of the bag. Don't expect to be able to heat up food.
• Appropriate Dress:
  • A raincoat: tomorrow's going to be another rainy one.
  • Inside the Center: Respectfully modest dress is expected inside the center. Here are some guidelines:
    • Men: Long pants, clean socks, plain shirt
    • Women: Long pants/skirt, long sleeves, clean socks, head scarf (bring a pretty scarf you like or a nice piece of fabric - I'll show you how to wrap it, but you can also look up different hijab styles online)

We will be meeting with the imam at the center, eating lunch, observing the midday prayer (dhuhr), and then returning to school.

Here's a quick "How to Make Salaat (prayer)" video if you want to get a sense of the process of Muslim Prayer: