Wetu Telu ("three times") is a sect of Islamic beliefs of the
Sasak people
The Sasak (Balinese script: ᬲᬸᬓᬸᬲᬲᬓ᭄, ''Wång Sâsak'') people live mainly on the island of Lombok, Indonesia, numbering around 3.6 million (85% of Lombok's population). They are related to the Balinese in language and in ...
of
Lombok
Lombok, is an island in West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is rou ...
, Indonesia. Practitioners pray three times a day, which differs from orthodox
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any Succession to Muhammad, successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr ...
called ''Waktu Lima'', in which practitioners pray five times a day. Adherents of ''Wetu Telu'' also only practice three of the
Five Pillars of Islam, which are Shahada (Declaration of Faith), Salah (Prayer), and Sawm (Fasting). These practices can be represented by ''
Kyai'' as religious leader of the community. Wetu Telu also incorporates some native beliefs of
ancestral worship and
animism
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