You can find it anywhere, on the back of cars, buses, and micro-buses, on the walls of shops, on the fences of schools, on bags and t-shirts, on the cubicles of your colleagues at work, on TV channels, and last but not least, on the pages of social networks. The simple sign that bears the question asking you to pray upon the prophet of Islam may still not be as numerous as the news about it may sound (or the few lines above may imply), but it will surely appear to you in many places in Egypt, not only raising your eyebrow about its unexpected significance, but also striking you with its remarkable constancy. In Islam, the act of praying upon the prophet simply means reciting a few lines asking God to bless Muhammad and his people just as he blessed Abraham and his people. It is based upon the second half of what is known as Tashahhud, which is the closing part of the Muslim prayer. In the Quran there’s a verse which says (according to Yusuf Ali’s translation): “Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O…
