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When I embraced Islam and was first learning how to pray, I tried to learn from a little prayer booklet I found in a bookstore. It was the only way available to me, as I didn't know any other Muslims and was not part of a Muslim community. I held the booklet as I prayed, and tried to pronounce the words and do the movements as outlined.

Today, there is no need for you to bumble along with a prayer book. Interactive websites and software provide audio, slideshow, and video instruction in the Islamic prayers. Listen to the Arabic pronunciation, and follow along step-by-step with the movements of the prayer.

Websites/Software to Learn the Prayers:

• Cybersalat: Freeware multimedia computer program to teach Islamic prayer. Runs on Windows and includes color graphics of the postures of prayer, Arabic pronunciation, English translation and transliteration, and more.
• Learn How to Pray: Multimedia prayer presentation. Each step is explained in English, accompanied by the audio Arabic recitation and the visual posture of the different parts of prayer. All five prayers are presented entirely and separately.