Word: prayerfulness
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...national media has combined the QRAC story with “controversy” surrounding students performing the Muslim call to prayer from the steps of Widener Library during Islamic Awareness week. Thanks to an op-ed written in this newspaper by student organizers about their right to use a loudspeaker to amplify the prayer call in a public forum, the national media is convinced there is tangible frustration among Harvard students about the presence of Islam and religious life on campus...
...inter-religious dialogue in society, we must grant permission for religious views to be expressed openly and shared in public. As an essential part of the human experience for so many, faith cannot be confined to private settings. This becomes significant when considering the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, which some consider proselytizing. During its annual Islam Awareness Week last month, the Harvard Islamic Society offered students a taste of the Islamic tradition by having a member proclaim the adhan on Widener steps every day at 1 p.m., a time when the Yard is bustling with students. From...
...holiest sites, the Saudi monarchy has long banned the open worship of other faiths, even as the number of Catholics resident in Saudi Arabia has risen to 800,000 thanks to an influx of immigrant workers from places like the Philippines and India. Mosques are the only houses of prayer in a country where the strict Wahhabi version of Sunni Islam dominates. But Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem, the papal envoy to the smaller countries on the Arabian peninsula, such as Kuwait and Qatar, has confirmed that talks are under way to establish formal diplomatic relations between the Vatican...
...area fell from 448 in 2000 to 98 last year. Getting hauled over at as they make their way home at night is the price they pay. "It's fair, it's cool," says Geraldo Duarte, a 43-year old metro worker stopped on his way to a prayer meeting. "It's for our own security...
Members of the Harvard Hillel community recalled Meyers’ “gentle” presence at prayer services and dinners...