@DailyTurkic Percentage of adults who pray five times a day in the “Stan” countries, according to the Pew Research Center.
Pakistanis of course, being good Hindus, are careful to do daily Puja. Namaz of course has the same cognate root as “namaste.”
The Persianate inflected cultures (Tajikistan and Afghanistan) are far more religious than the Turkic kin.
