Little Mosque on the unnamed street to the limit in Saint-Josse resembles an old garage: a long corridor that leads to a room of about 20 locations today in refurbished cars Hall of Prayer for the Muslim Arabic-speaking neighborhood. A red carpet entry invites the faithful to come off, take the staircase to his right to reach the ablutions room located in the basement that has 8 valves warm water and 4 Turkish toilets. The place is well maintained. After purifying the body, we must return to purify the mind by listening to the sermon of a bearded imam in Tangiers accent and recite some verses comment in classical Arabic and Moroccan dialect ( Darija ). It is bilingual, but incomprehensible to one who does not know either of these two languages. In any case, it helps to realize that most Moroccans of Belgium does not understand classical Arabic unless you follow a good education in the country of origin. Thus, like the Turks in Belgium, they usually just recite Quranic verses by heart without really understand the meaning of their prayers. Remember what the masses in Latin in some ex-Christians.
This garage converted into a mosque without a name is actually a branch of the mosque-school located in the side street (rue du Moulin) officially known as " Cultural Association of Education and Education . The mosque in the Rue de la Limite was inaugurated during the last elections in 2006 by Mayor John Demannez ( PS) and his two running mates Socialist Medhoune Ahmed (now Alderman) and Abdesselam Smahi (Councilor). The latter was also present during the prayer of Ramadan. I said, to the attention of any director of mosque, the color of the red carpet at the entrance was probably unrelated to the political preferences of the leaders of that mosque and the inauguration of the Shrine by a socialist mayor is pure coincidence.
These two mosques (of the Boundary Street and Mill Street) are deemed to be near the Indian movement Tabligh (fundamentalist movement which enforces strict codes of Islamic law, including dress codes and methods Careful on religious practice) and rely on a customer , mostly Moroccan, very pious . Under the leadership of Imam Moussa Nouhi, the association offers courses in Arabic language and religion to the "young" and beneficial to a (small) subsidy from local authorities.
It is advisable to practice a bit before going to pray for the first cycle is done individually and free. At worst, you can wait longer at a certain level, it always looks serious, then embarking on a different pace. Avoid copying gestures on your direct neighbor (fix another person in the room) you will spend for a really blue. Another difference I have seen during this prayer, the faithful of this mosque dates back hands at each return in a standing position, a move that is not how to pray the Turks. The rhythm of prayer is, cons, much more comfortable compared to the speed of express mosque Laeken. The second prayer cycle is guided by the Imam-in-chief who has a special place in the room. Every time he utters a word that sounds like "darling" (or "Ouelet daarling"), the meeting resumed in chorus "aaaamiiiinnn" (amen in Arabic).
Access to the prayer hall (rue de la Limite) is misleading since it must take the side door and not the main entrance after the red carpet. From the beginning, it's nice to greet a low voice (but audible) the assembly by saying the magic words: " salamu alaikum" (peace be upon you "). Once seated in the room, if you greet another visitor, just pronounce the formula in reverse ("salam alaikum ). The position of the faithful in the former garage is somewhat disturbing since we pray toward the street as the direction of Mecca pointing to this direction. The reasons the green carpet in the prayer hall indicate that the faithful must first focus rectangles around clear before overflowing onto the corridor route. Inside, we see three small libraries with copies of the Koran (in Arabic only) and a staircase that leads back to a house. In the end, especially not replace your shoes on the mat, they must put on the floor tiled.
Note that prayer is essentially an act of suffering : uncomfortable stay in a crouched position to continually recite the same verses in a foreign language is not likely to make merry the faithful. Moreover, church, temple or mosque is the sense of humor that I miss most. We must continually take the mug, if you do not know why, guess your neighbor ...
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