Come Sunday, the churches are packed with believers praising the Lord in prayer and song.

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He also leads the group in prayer and song.

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The waters flowed past the tables and their carafes of raki, the lilacs were in bloom and the mosques were in full song with the adhan, the call to prayer.

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The Millennium Prayer achieved notoriety when it became clear that BBC Radio 2 and many other stations had refused to allow the song - which sets the words of The Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne - into playlists.

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