Konya Photos
Three school girls from Konya,
Turkey
Men
performing ablutions (washing in water) to cleanse themselves before praying in
the mosque.
Inside
of Selimiye Camii, a mosque from the 16th century. Each square of carpet
is for a person to kneel and pray facing Mecca.
Mevlana
Museum, former lodge of the "Whirling Dervishes", now a museum and
holy shrine to many Muslims. The Whirling Dervishes are an Islamic order
who spin as part of a religious ceremony to become closer to God.
The
aqua tiled fluted dome of the Mevlana Museum.
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