Islam andtrawehprayers in Java: Unity, diversity, and cultural smoothness
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1653 - 6355 . Published 2006 - 05 - 04 1 Islam and Traweh Prayers in Java Unity , Diversity , and Cultural Smoothness
This article has as its main focus the supererogatory nightly prayers, the traweh prayers, as they are performed in the world’s largest Muslim nation, Indonesia. These prayers are of immense importance to the Javanese Muslim community, and are often regarded as constituting an obligatory part of the Islamic religion. In the article, the author describes how these prayers are performed in both m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indonesia and the Malay World
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1363-9811,1469-8382
DOI: 10.1080/13639810500192541