Word: faithe
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Many other Bosnians are growing accustomed to the resurgent Islamic faith around them. Nearly 15 years after the country's vicious war - in which an estimated 100,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed - its capital, Sarajevo, is experiencing a religious revival. The city's physical scars have mostly healed since the siege of the 1990s. Its shell-blasted walls have been replastered and the infamous Sniper Alley - named for the Serb gunmen who shot at those crossing the street - is now clogged with traffic. (See pictures of spiritual healing around the world...
...Sarajevo after six years' detention in Guantánamo, they were shunned by those who feared they would spread militant Islam. "They have no opportunity to get jobs," says human-rights activist Dizdarevic. More typical of Sarajevo's new religious fervor are young professionals like Begic and Husic, whose faith has instilled meaning and order into their once tumultuous lives. Husic says she has learned to ignore the jeers that her head scarf attracts in Catholic neighborhoods. And Begic says her next movie, titled Bait, tackles growing prejudice, including against women in hijab. "They think we are backward," says Begic...
...Cape Cod, Massachusetts) is a lock to be the sunniest album of the year. All four members sing equally well, and when they weave their high, sweet voices around the others' - sometimes in brief and surprising swells, sometimes for the length of entire songs - you can actually hear their faith in one another. It's adorable. (Watch TIME's video about Grizzly Bear's new album...
Muhammad's preaching career started in Mecca around 613 C.E., and he seems to have had hopes of drawing Jews and Christians into a common faith. In the Koran - which Muslims consider the word of God as spoken by Muhammad - the Prophet's followers are told to say to fellow Abrahamics, "Our God and your...
...that sounds like a tremendous amount of faith in the private sector, it is. But the draw of Tysons - its plum location between Washington and Dulles, the major highways cutting through it - has made it endlessly marketable to businesses despite the suburban gridlock. Unlike abandoned subdivisions and flailing inner cities, Tysons thrives (hence the traffic). The Hilton Corp. plans to move its headquarters here from Beverly Hills, Calif. Volkswagen and Gannett already call Tysons home. (See TIME's Pictures of the Week...