The Salah player has to be observed at prescribed times depending on when the sun rises. It can be observed anywhere, whether it be a parking lot or a mall.
Be that as it may, the Forbidden Methods experiment showed that praying in public can cause problems in Riga, which might be troublesome in the long run as the Latvian capital does not have a mosque as of yet.
Two people started praying in a quiet corner of the Domina shopping mall on an early Sunday afternoon. Many passed them by without paying too much attention, while others seemed surprised but didn't engage them in any way.
To discover what the employees of the mall think of it, the team went to the information stand and reported seeing something unusual. A security guard came and asked the two to leave, threatening to call the police and saying the mall is not a fit location for prayer.
The believers left for another supermarket where they repeated their prayer, sparking similar reactions from the passersby. An employee came with a security guard, and asked the genuflecting pair to explain themselves.
"You can't do that here, you are scaring our visitors," the manager said, asking them to leave.
After some arguing, representatives of the center called the police who asked them to follow them. The security guard said that if it weren't Sunday they'd have to evacuate the whole shopping center. The receptionist at the information desk was furious, saying that they did it on purpose, to spark a reaction.
"[..] Damn it, you know we're an EU country. You come to a public space and simply start doing this... nonsense," she said.
The police did not detain the praying pair, though they did check their IDs, saying they received a call and they were forced to react to it.
