This article is about Salat, the obligatory Muslim prayers performed five times each day. Salat is the obligatory Muslim prayers, performed five times each day by Muslims. It is the second Pillar of ...

Previously, in our overview of the five pillars of Islam, we covered the spiritual meaning of Hajj, the declaration of faith, and the significance of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. The last ...

In Islam, Fajr is the first prayer of the day, one of the five daily obligatory prayers for Muslims. The Fajr adhan — the call to prayer — begins right at dawn, and is to be performed before the sun ...

Minneapolis allows call to prayer to be publicly broadcast five times per day. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim ...