Hide was not the band's leader, but he was in some ways its spiritual center.

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"Everybody woke up after the last election and realized the Democratic Party had not done well dealing with religious voters, " says Steven Waldman, founder of the online spiritual center beliefnet.com.

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Our operational priority lies in securing the southern part of Afghanistan, an area that includes Kandahar, the spiritual center of the Taliban, and Helmand, an economic hub for the insurgency.

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For visitors interested in religion and architecture, she might craft an itinerary to Agra via the spiritual center of Varanasi to witness the ceremony of lighting votive lamps on the Ganges, and Khajuraho, known for its intricate temples.

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During its golden age, Timbuktu was a thriving desert trading town at the heart of important trade routes for gold and salt, and a major intellectual and spiritual center, which played a key role in the spread of Islam in Africa.

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Several reports have indicated that the administration is contemplating releasing "The Blind Sheikh" Omar Abdel Rahman, the spiritual advisor to the 1993 World Trade Center terrorists, from federal prison, transferring him to Egyptian custody.

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Those the militants sought included Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind sheikh who was convicted of plotting to blow up New York City landmarks and considered the spiritual leader of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist convicted of shooting at two U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

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Among other things, Pope Benedict argued that Africa has become the spiritual lungs which will awaken the sleeping churches of the West, and that Africa should also become the center for the renewal of Catholic thought, philosophy and theology.

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