Saturday, 4 April 2009

Our visit to the Medina Mosque in Southampton


Y6 have visited the Medina Mosque in Southampton many times and two years ago we were joined by the BBC who filmed us for South Today.

We visited the Mosque this year on 23 and 30 March, with 6T being split for the trips.

We split into small groups to explore the Mosque starting with the prayer hall, the women's room and the wash rooms. We also went into the mortuary, the community centre and another nearby mosque. We had lots of questions to ask the Imam and we watched him as he prepared for prayer in the washroom. Some of the year group also wanted to join in the actions of the Imam as he prayed.

After lunch we watched afternoon prayers and had another opportunity to ask questions. We also visited a supermarket in the local community.

We would like to thank the Imam for his hospitality and all th eparents who helped on this visit and and also the Hillier's trip.