In a former life, when I was working on a PhD in South and Southeast Asian literature, I had the opportunity to visit many different Muslim countries. It was always struck by how Islamic culture ...

Bahraini design office Shepherd Design Studio has reinterpreted the traditional Islamic prayer mat to make it more sustainable. The prayer rug uses less than half the material of its traditional ...

(RNS) — A Muslim convert, Mustafa Dustin Craun cherishes a brown prayer rug he bought on his first Umrah pilgrimage to the sacred site of Mecca more than 15 years ago. Unlike the Hajj, the mandatory ...

Two years ago, product designer Myhra Mirza was searching for a portable prayer mat to bring with her on vacation, when she noticed that the options were either super traditional, which she loves and ...

The founder of a Muslim hiking group hopes that a prayer mat he helped to design will allow more people in the community to experience the beauty of the outdoors and share more memories. Muslim Hikers ...