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RustyBrick's flagship product is Siddur, a Jewish prayer book that also calculates prayer times based on a user's location. A mizrah locator (Hebrew for "east") points worshippers toward Jerusalem. At $9.99, it's one of RustyBrick's few paid apps. It can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play. Ken Lane, 30, downloaded the app when he traveled to New York from Tulsa, Oklahoma, for an Orthodox Jewish conference on keeping Judaism relevant in modern times. A group wanted to hold the evening prayer service, but a few people didn't have a prayer book with them. He downloaded Siddur and gave his physical copy to someone else. He likes the fact that he no longer has to carry a book with him for daily prayers.
RustyBrick's Siddur app gives users a Jewish calendar, offers prayer times based on their GPS location and points worshippers toward Jerusalem, "I'm religiously observant and a millennial living in the digital age, It's really nice when tools come along that allow me to practice my z force case iphone x faith in the modern age without sacrificing my own tradition," Lane says, Religious apps don't just involve scripture, They can also convey a person's sense of identity and culture, Islamoji features emojis relating to various Muslim religious practices and cultures, There are also characters wearing hijab and with different skin colors, as well as emojis of baklava, arroz con frijoles and samosas, It costs $1.99 to download on the App Store..
"It fills a void in the pop culture space where Muslims haven't had extensive representation," says creator Sakeena Rashid. "I wanted the app to be something that Muslim youth would see and feel, in a sense, validated. I thought it was important for them to be able to see something that looked like them and was for them."See more from CNET Magazine. And then there are Snapchat and Instagram — two apps that scream "millennial" but not "religious." Yet Imam Suhaib Webb of Washington, DC, shares sermons via both apps in response to questions sent by his (primarily millennial) followers. He'll answer questions about anything from issues with parents to converting to Islam. (Occasionally, a Snap about his favorite organic beard oil finds its way on his Snapchat, a reminder of the platform's generally trivial nature.).
"People feel secure and safe and can ask anything," he says, It's fascinating that a phone, which can be a time-waster, doubles as a platform for spiritual consciousness, In between Snaps of cats and Facebook posts about high school reunions, I get nuggets of wisdom about the importance of faith, Prayer notifications are humbling reminders of what's really important, even if I'm binge-watching celebrity videos or selecting the perfect Instagram filter, This story appears in the winter 2017 edition z force case iphone x of CNET Magazine, Click here for more magazine stories..
iHate: CNET looks at how intolerance is taking over the internet. Logging Out: Welcome to the crossroads of online life and the afterlife. From CNET Magazine: Mobile tech is making religion more relevant for a generation that’s glued to a screen. I'm attached to my phone. I use it to keep in touch with friends, feed my social media obsession and take Instagram-worthy pictures of my travels. Pretty much what you'd expect from any 23-year-old, right?. But my phone is important to me for another reason. It helps me stay on top of my religious obligations as an observant Muslim.
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