THE DAY DIVIDED INTO FIVE: SECULARISATION PRACTICES OF RELIGOUS MEN

This study is going to focus on the transformation of men who grew up in a religious family and experienced secular practices. The study analyses the confrontation between secular and religious life that religious men experience in their everyday life by examining the data obtained via field study. Religious belief is a significant part of the everyday life of a religious man. According to Islam, the life of a Muslim man is divided into five parts and hours of prayer designate these divisions: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and night prayers. Men who grew up in a religious family are acquainted with this division and they are accustomed to it by the daily religious practices of their families. Briefly, the study is going to show its audience, that a minor change of the environment of a religious man can cause a greater change on his daily practices, by examining the basic daily religious practices.