WILKES-BARRE TIMES-LEADER: –Starting Monday, students at the Al Noor Islamic Academy will begin their day as all practicing Muslims do.
They will rinse their hands, face and hair with water to purify themselves for prayer, they will face in the direction of the Kaaba, in Mecca, and begin their morning salah, or daily prayers.
It will then be off to math class, or gym or whatever other class their daily schedules dictate, just like all the other students in Northeastern Pennsylvania… (more)
