Religion / Islam / Salat (also: Salah).(prayer; formal worship; five times per day facing Mecca; the second of five pillars of Islam).In the Friday mosque / Jameh Mosque of Isfahan (Iran): a Shia Moslem during Friday prayer (Salat al juma); on the floor is a stone from the Shia pilgrimage site of Karbala (Iraq); where he places his forehead during sajadat (prostrations).Photo; 1968.