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...room of the Zoroastrian temple in the center of Yazd, a handful of adherents sway to the cadence of ancient Persian prayers recited as a priest feeds sticks of sandalwood and sprinkles of frankincense into a blazing urn. Zoroastrians wear hand-woven wool cords as external symbols of their faith, and almost always pray in front of a fire, which represents purity and sustainability. In Yazd, the holy flame has burned for 1,500 years without ever being extinguished. While Zoroastrianism was once the dominant religion in a swathe of territory spanning from Rome and Greece to India and Russia...
This week at Guantánamo, Khaled Sheik Mohammed and four other defendants in the 9/11 case unexpectedly announced they would make "confessions," in effect pleading guilty. All potentially face the death penalty. Mohammed, who has said he seeks martyrdom, told the judge he had no faith in the Guantánamo trials, in his Pentagon-appointed lawyers or in the judge himself. "I don't trust you," he said, adding, "We don't want to waste time." It is not yet clear whether the defendents' motion will be accepted by the court...
...real Jews. It's also important to remember that for much of Augustine's lifetime Jews were Roman citizens with the rights of citizens. This begins to change in the late fourth century, when the Emperor decides to link government closely with one particular form of Christianity - a big faith-based initiative. But the real social disenfranchisement of Jews occurred long after Augustine. Medieval persecutions and - much later - the Holocaust, were not events that Augustine could have imagined...
With tables lined with samosas, jelly doughnuts, and rice pudding, seven faith-based organizations started the holiday season early at yesterday evening’s third annual Interfaith Holiday Celebration held by the Harvard Interfaith Council. “One of the goals of the Interfaith Council is to build friendship between different groups,” said Jessamin H. Birdsall ’10, the chair of the Interfaith Council. “This event is a great way for people to informally get together and to celebrate the holiday season together.” In addition to providing...
Eastwood the director, commendably casting major roles from within the Hmong community, elicits a naturalness from his untutored young stars, though for a while you must take the performances on faith, as Walt learns to take the people. But Eastwood the actor is in total command, daring himself to new depths. You'll see a tough man cry--one of the few flourishings of tears in the Eastwood oeuvre. That unaffected emotion eventually informs the whole movie, making it a wrenching, rewarding experience...