A photographer captures the beauty of Muslim prayer

We forget that worship is a practice of one-ness and total serenity. We forget this, especially when it comes to highly politicized religions like Islam.

Sana Ullah portrays Muslim salat in a photo series titled "Places You'll Pray," capturing the essence of this ultimately communal practice.

“(The) majority of Muslims are not the evil that hurts this world and its people on it, but rather Muslims (are) constantly taught to love it sincerely and find peace with themselves five times a day,” Ullah told Buzzfeed .

Here's a look:

This older man in a gas station doing chair salat sanctioned for the elderly and the physically challenged

Our biggest prayer carpet is the earth

Up in snowcapped mountains

Crowds moving in total harmony for as far as the eye can see

A moment of total peace

In the middle of a desert in Abu Dhabi

A patch of grass in Morocco

On a beach

Maghrib

This bride ... just minutes before her big moment

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