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...Later that morning, Ishak's 20-year-old daughter covers him with a pink print cloth, which quickly turns crimson. The womenfolk then gather around the body and chant the Islamic prayer for the dead. The victim's mother and his 15-year-old son watch while his wife, Ainal Mardiah, sobs quietly. "I can't go home again, I'm very scared," she says over and over...
...never took off or landed in a plane without looking out the window and saying a silent prayer. I don't think many people knew this. He was the eternal optimist--the glass was always half full, not half empty...
...Sept 11., featuring music associated with different faiths, and a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day pledge service.With Honeyman serving as co-coordinator for the Council this past year, its foundation also finally solidified, with representatives from different student groups holding bimonthly dinner discussions on topics such as prayer and the religious symbols...
...faculty alike were at first afraid that Pusey might attempt to reestablish compulsory chapel or assembly similar to that which [was] conducted at Lawrence,” The Crimson wrote. “[H]e has made clear that he is not interested in compulsion or revivalism in the prayer-meeting sense. But he is intensely interested in providing facilities for religious study and participation for those who want them...
...security facility that houses nearly 800 inmates. Under the prison's spiritual regimen, the Bible, the Koran and the Torah are read alongside manuals on substance abuse, anger management and job training. Volunteer clergy from churches, mosques and other houses of God seem almost as ubiquitous as guards, and prayer is built into the day. Sitting in a chapel pew as a gospel ensemble belts out Lord, I Love to Sing Your Praises, Newton, who transferred to the facility in March, shares what he calls "blessed" news. "I've been praying for my first letter from my daughter...