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...aftermath of Sept. 11, as Americans turned to churches, mosques and synagogues in record numbers, some religious leaders turned to one another in what amounted to a big group hug. One of those interfaith friendships has now unraveled. Three weeks after kneeling in prayer with Jewish leaders, Sheik Muhammad Gemeaha, a scholar with Cairo's prominent al-Azhar University and the leader of the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City, was quoted on an Arabic-language website saying that Jews carried out the Sept. 11 attacks and that Jewish doctors were poisoning Muslim children in U.S. hospitals. Next...
...Hopi Indians have hung eagle prayer feathers in threatened wells and springs across their sprawling reservation in northeastern Arizona in hope that the water will return and that the drought of recent years will break. But many believe a shortage of rain is only part of the problem...
...congregation, the Little Flock, to 300,000 followers in central China. The sect's emphasis on decentralized congregations launched a home-church movement that helped Christianity survive communist repression. Yet as Little Flock congregations became isolated, they splintered into separate groups. The Shouters, for instance, rewrote the Lord's Prayer to read simply, "Oh, Lord Jesus," and taught followers to holler the phrase while stamping their feet in unison. Other offshoots, like the Disciples, believe that the devil exists in all people?and can be beaten out of them...
...scent of fragrant North African oils sweetens an otherwise drab, poorly lit room of wood-paneled walls and carpeted floors. As arrivals at Italy?s Islamic Cultural Institute perform traditional pre-prayer handwashings, three young men lounge on a nearby stretch of carpet, leaning in toward each other to speak in hushed voices...
...three alleged al-Qaeda operatives in Italy and Germany, suspected of concocting plots to strike French and Italian targets. One of the suspects, a 26-year-old Tunisian named Aouadi Ben Belgacem, was arrested as he walked out of the mosque?s garage exit after an early evening prayer session. The Milan center is also the reported Italian base for Mahmud Abu al-Fatuh Muhammad, whose Al-Shifa Honey Press honey business had its assets frozen this month by the Treasury Department for suspected terrorist links...