Most Somali students and their parents have questions about where their children can pray and how the American schools can meet the needs of their students related to the prayer. The schools should take seriously any advice about the prayer coming from students and their parents. Because of the culture clash about the time of the prayer and the place, students will not concentrate on their studies. Instead, they think about solving the problems of the new culture. The students should make ablution before they pray.
Ablution is to wash the face, arms, legs in the bathroom.
This tradition is new in American culture and it may create clashes between the two cultures. The American student may take offense when a Somali student uses the sink to wash his face and legs. The Solution is that Somali students should have their ablution at home, before they come to the school. If the ablution is invalidated during the school hours, the school should give a place for ablution to Somali students or explain to the American students why Somalis are doing this. In addition to that, students should clean their private part with water before they go to the process of the ablution.