Women usually cook, carry water, wash clothes, and tend livestock. Much of Tatar culture and society have been shaped by Islamic laws and traditions. Polygamy is permitted, although monogamy is the norm. Arranged marriages are uncommon, and ethnically mixed marriages are becoming more prevalent. They pray by facing Mecca at dawn, midday, mid-afternoon, sunset, and at night.
Men pray in the mosque under the leadership of a prayer leader, and the women usually pray at home.
When they do worship at the mosque, the men and women worship separately. Muslims believe that his revelation completes the biblical revelations received by Jews and Christians. Many Tatar today will identify themselves as being a Muslim before they will identify themselves as being a Tatar. Unfortunately, the view of Christianity held by the Tatar has been marred by the Russian Orthodox Church's attempts to convert them through coercion and tax inducements. During the nineteenth century, their mosques were frequently burned or destroyed.