The first sale of the night might be followed by a small ritual or prayer in hopes that more business will follow.
Iraqi officials Thursday announced the arrest of some imams, or prayer leaders, from mosques in Mosul, a new tactic targeting an influential sector of society.
These findings may suggest that for people who practice meditation or prayer, the focus becomes less on the self as a distinct entity from the external world, and more on connection between the two.
And when I edited his diaries, really almost every page, he drew a crucifix or a prayer to God, or asking Christ for forgiveness.
Almost all engaged at least monthly in religious or spiritual activities such as prayer or attending religious services, and were selected for participation in the trial on this basis.
It could seem like a nervous tic, this thing that he said, or a prayer of some sort.
He explained that he does this with all of his hunters, so they can say a prayer or just be alone with their thoughts.
And as I become more advanced on computers, maybe I'll start a Web site and share a message or have a prayer, promote my book.
"If this planned, spontaneous prayer happens, it forces everyone there to hear that prayer or to participate in it, " said David Ingebretsen for the American Civil Liberties Union.
The picture has a mournful, slow rhythm, rather like that of prayer or a stately ballad, and clearly Kiarostami is saying something about the value of putting down roots versus modern restlessness.
After the Tawaf - walking around the Kaaba, the cube-like structure at the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca - we will offer two rakaas or units of prayer, followed by drinking water from the holy Zam Zam spring.
Under their direction nuns kept diaries of ecstasies and prayer, or sometimes painted their visions directly onto canvas.
She is distressed by how many worshipers peck at phones during service, sometimes hiding them underneath prayer shawls or behind purses.
They returned some three hours later, by which time the adhaan was being sounded for the early morning prayer, or fajr.
Many prisoners find survival in physical exercise, prayer, or plans for escape.
Al Qadri suddenly excuses himself as he and his supporters move to an adjoining room, where he leads them in regular Islamic prayer, or salah.
Indeed, perhaps the most certain result stemming from this study is the following: The findings are unlikely to satisfy either proponents or opponents of intercessory prayer.
Not to its 2 million residents, whose space of peace, if they were native Indonesians, had shrunk to what they could paint with their clan names or cover with Muslim prayer mats to ward off marauders.
Early tests at Michigan and at Purdue, as well as 2 tough games with BYU and at Stanford to close the season, will go a long ways towards revealing if the Fighting Irish revival is for real or just a wishful prayer.
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The army's chief rabbi chanted ( 275K AIFF sound or 275K WAV sound) kaddish, the traditional Jewish prayer ( 290K AIFF sound or 290K WAV sound) for the dead.
So if one atheist or attention-grabbing student in a public school is offended by a prayer, the Ten Commandments or a nativity scene on school property, liberals demand that the offending object must go.
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In Damascus, the traditions of Ramadan are as old as the Koran, Islam's holy book: a month of introspection and prayer, no food or water from sunup to sundown.
Later, you'll visit the Jiva spa or the Sarnath Stupa (the site of Buddha's first teachings), take a carriage ride, or return to town to shop for brocade or visit the evening aarti (prayer ceremony).
"Make someone the gift of a prayer through text, twitter or e-mail every day, " he said.
Twitter - the social messaging network - or text or email is a fine way to spread the gift of prayer, Cardinal Sean Brady said.
Sometimes when alone and thinking or struggling to turn a matter over to Jesus Christ in prayer, he would find himself putting his fist in his palm and turning it slightly as if still playing and pounding his glove to stay sharp and alert in center.
One carpet, the size of a prayer rug, lay in the center of the tiled floor as if concealing an imperfection or some secret passage.
"This was a prayer that was done, and they finished it by either burning (the mask) or laying it out on the tundra, and then they would be remade every year for the next dance, " she said.
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