The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 3 letter word PRAYER MAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PRAYER MAT
- Scottish hat salesman from the east carrying some light Arabian carpet?
- Type of wave going round beam, towards item on mosque floor?
- Rug a martyr used round the East after start of pilgrimage
- . According to a friend, for the most part, eating fish is a religious thing!
- . Pram tyre is twisted around a supplicant's rug
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