THE young man moves slowly closer to the rice-filled tray on the floor of the old mosque at Kebon Jeruk in West Jakarta. Hes joining others in the group already sitting around the red nampan, their right feet folded against the floor and their left foot against their stomach.This is the way we eat, says Misbah, the young man from Brebes in Central Java. Sitting and eating together as practiced by the Prophet and his companions.

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