Word: prayerfulness
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...Jerusalem, it is the Jewish custom to fold written prayers inside the cracks of the Western Wall. Last night, after exit polls in the Israeli elections gave his centrist Kadima Party a slim lead over its rivals, acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wedged his prayer between the stones. Translated from Hebrew, it said: "He who prays for my brother and friend I will speak peace...
...please note the word IF) the Dorm basements in the Yard were to be emptied of all of the clubs that currently have offices there and are occupied instead by only freshman social space, the Foundation, this women’s center, the BGLTSA Resource Center, [and] prayer space for religious groups that need a Yard-centric location... what message does that send?”To clarify, Chadbourne was referencing the Harvard Foundation for Race and Intercultural Relations, and the Bi-sexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered, and Supporters Alliance resource center. Chadbourne’s question was rhetorical...
...During Jum’ah—or Friday prayers at Lowell Lecture Hall—the men occupy the first four rows of prayer mats, while Rauda Tewalli ’08 and the rest of the women kneel on the two rows placed a few feet behind. “If the girls were in front of the guys, they would be more likely to think about things other than prayer,” says Tellawi, FM’s guide for the day. 1:30- Barefoot worshipers kneel with their heads on the floor, sit on their...
...understanding” reflects Harvard students’ awareness of Islam as a global issue and their motivation to resolve conflict. The Alwaleed program may someday offer certificates or even undergraduate degrees. If the program is sucessful, students walking through the Yard might not stare so blankly at the prayer-callers in front of Widener during future Islamic Awareness Weeks...
...September 19, 2000, Munir Zilanawala ’01 was walking past St. Paul’s Cathedral on his way back to Dunster House when two skinheads attacked him from behind. Zilanawala, who was wearing a Kufi, an Islamic prayer cap, said he immediately knew his assailants were interested in something more malicious than his money. “I took 10 bucks out of my pocket and I said ‘Here—just take it,’” Zilanawala says. “But they didn’t. It wasn?...