Word: devouting
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...Some scholars of Islamic law even argue that playing music at all is forbidden, but - despite being a devout Muslim - Yusuf believes Islam values art and music. "Islam is all for modernity and all that is good and beautiful in this world," he says. Yusuf is Islam's answer to Christian rock. His hit songs, which he writes himself, range from upbeat tunes about love for the Prophet Muhammad to soulful ballads mourning the suffering of Palestinians, Iraqis and Sudanese. And while staying true to causes that are dear to Muslim hearts, he is channeling his fans away from extremism...
...thanking God for our safe passage, I dropped my bags at a friend's house in Damascus and walked to my favorite lunch place - where I knew I could comfortably dine alone without being stared at. It is a small, nondescript restaurant run by a team of gracious, deeply devout, conservative Sunnis. In the Middle East, most restaurant workers, from the maitre d' to the dishwashers, are men. When I go to this restaurant, I feel like I am being tended by a team of sweet old uncles. They all come over...
LOST AND FOUND CAROLYN PARKHURST SEVEN COUPLES on a high-stakes global treasure hunt--it's the stuff of which crappy reality TV is made. But Parkhurst (The Dogs of Babel) has fashioned an entertaining, unexpectedly wise novel about contestants on an Amazing Race--esque show: a pair of devout Christians struggling with temptation, an estranged mom and daughter, high school sweethearts and two grownup, washed-up child stars. Her tender, witty prose catches things no camera could...
...just thought it was something I could do. I could show what it’s like to be an 18-year-old American who was a devout Muslim and might be drawn bit by bit into a terrorist plot,” he said...
...gave hope to those who want to see John Paul be made a saint as soon as possible. And he drew a million-strong crowd Sunday morning in Krakow, the former diocese of Archbishop Karol Wojtyla, for an open-air mass. All along, he received rave reviews from the devout Polish people...