Monday, May 5, 2014

Tat Cosmos

There are three main religions within the Tat community, the Jewish Tat, Christian Tat and the Muslim Tat. The most popular religion within the tat population is the muslim religion. The Tats are also strongly faithful to the five essential pillars in Islam. Tose pillars are:

  1. A muslim must affirm that "there is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet." 
  2. Five times a day he must pray while facing Mecca.
  3. He must give alms generously.
  4. He must fast during Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim year.
  5. He must try to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca in his lifetime.
  • http://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/13896/AJ
Mecca, the place that he must try to pilgrimage to is a city in Saudi Arabia. This city is so important because it was the birthplace of Muhammad and it is considered to be the holiest city in Islam.
The city of Mecca during a pilgrimage for the Hajj
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9628218/Millions-of-Muslims-gather-in-the-Saudi-city-of-Mecca-to-perform-the-Hajj.html
Some other non religious beliefs that the Mussulman Tats have are marriage within the tribe. They like to marry within the tribe to "maintain ethnic purity."(Joshua Project) They also are very passionate about defending their right to have a self govern society.

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