Konya, Turkey - June 2000; Three men ritually washing before entering their local mosque in the ancient Central Anatolian city of Konya. Wudhu is the

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Konya, Turkey - June 2000; Three men ritually washing before entering their local mosque in the ancient Central Anatolian city of Konya. Wudhu is the ritual washing performed by Muslims before prayer. Muslims must be clean and wear good clothes before they present themselves before their God.

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