The sun is beaming, it’s a wonderful Friday afternoon and you hear the call to prayer echoing throughout the town. All the local men are making their way to the mosque upon hearing it.

If you look up at the clear blue sky you can see a flock of common swifts soaring; although they may seem like regular birds, they bear a greater significance for us Muslims. Those birds once attacked an army of elephants and people who tried to destroy the Kaaba, a very important building in Islam.