Malay houses and architecture are also greatly influenced by their religion.
A Malay house would be built to be orientated with their direction of their prayers as they must pray facing towards the Mecca in Saudi Arabia. They had strictly obeyed their religion and had many distinct features to show that they were Muslims.
They was also a division between the sleeping quarters of the men and the ladies.
There are also many engravings on the wooden walls and windows in Arabic of their beliefs and their religion which is Islam.