For many in Southwest Asia, religion is a key factor in their lives in which their daily activities are based according to their religion. By doing so, they incorporate their religious teachings into their daily lives or culture. For example, the culture of Muslims are based heavily on their Islam religion, which can be noticed through their cuisine and clothing as such.
Because their god, Allah, stated in the Qur'an/ Koran, the sacred text of Islam, that he forbids them from consuming pork, it's completely normal for Muslims to exclude pork from their meals. Muslim women often wear a scarf or veil to cover their heads, hair, and sometimes faces due to the belief that the covering of the body is pleasing to God. A typical day for Muslim usually consists of them praying 5 times per day [in the direction of the holy city of Mecca] as a reminder of their religion as well as thanking their god. Although some of these practices may raise some eyebrows due to the difference with their own culture, these are nothing out of the ordinary for Muslims, for they have been taught and grown up with this type of lifestyle.
