Discovering Islam

This half term we have been thinking about the question 'Who is a Muslim?'. In our first lesson Class 9 thought about questions we would like to ask a Muslim child. Miss Bailey then asked those children who are Muslim to come up to the front to be our 'experts'. Children asked us questions like 'What do you eat?', 'What do you wear?' and 'How do you celebrate a wedding?'.


Ibrahim and Malaika showed us how to pray in a Mosque. You take your shoes off and kneel down on a prayer mat. Boys' backs have to raise up and girls' backs must be flat. We also looked at a Qu'ran and the special stand they can sit on. Did you know that Arabic is read from the right to left - the opposite way to how we read English? Lots of children told us all about their own families, where their relatives were born and how they practice their religion. We could remember lots of things from our R.E. Faith Trail back in November too.

In another lesson we looked at Allah's 99 names, it must be very hard to remember them all! M.Ayaan very kindly bought in some prayer beads from home to show us. Muslims use prayer breads to help them remember the 99 names, moving one bead along each time a name is said.

We have all really enjoyed learning more about Islam this half term and are excited to learn more about 'How and why do we celebrate special occasions?'.

By M.Ayaan and Malaika