Prayer, the act of communicating with God, is a shared component of religions around the world. Prayer is one of the five pillars of the Muslim faith. Devout Muslims pray five times a day. In this video from Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, meet Shaker Elsayed, a Muslim living in Alexandria, Virginia, as he talks about his daily prayer rituals and what those practices mean to him.

For more resources like this, see the collection Promoting Understanding: Islam.