An Obsessive Love of Prayer
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âPraying With Liorâ documents the extraordinary life of Lior Liebling, a rabbiâs son with Down syndrome.
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A visit to church may be good for the  soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows.
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NARATHIWAT, Thailand  - In between trapping,  training and trading in songbirds like other Thais his age,  Kawi Phupakapdee kneels toward Mecca and prays five times a  day.
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This is a story about love. About inscrutable complexity and remarkable simplicity, about the promise of forever. It is about obsession and devotion, and grand gestures and 4,000-word love letters.
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Sheikh Mohammed Badr trained for years at the prestigious Islamic university of Al-Azhar to master the intricate pronunciation and intonation of the Muslim call to prayer.
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Neurosis has its Masonic tendencies. Thereâs an obsession with craft, and with mysticism â or at least the puniness of manâs will against larger forces.
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Dewnya Bakri loves her faith Â and the feeling of sinking a three-pointer.
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Among the things Malaysia's first astronaut will be worrying about next month: How does an observant Muslim pray toward Mecca while soaring hundreds of miles above the Earth?
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CARDINAL Keith OâBrien is so desperate to fill the moral vacuum he believes is the cause of all Scotlandâs troubles (including dwindling attendance at mass) that sometimes he opens his mouth before engaging his brain.
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Many people in religious circles say it's one of the biggest problems facing families and congregations.  Yet:  It can go undetected.  It has no outward signs.  It is barely discussed.  The culprit? Pornography.  The Rev.
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Those caring for him at a Hindu monastery in Wales say he symbolizes the sanctity of all life and is an inspiration to temple-goers. Officials say he could have a contagious disease and should be put down.
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I've heard thousands of sermons over the years, and a ton of them were about sex and money (or substitute: lust and greed). It's as if the two issues are synonymous, and in a way, they are.
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By Terry Lee Goodrich, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 10--Mikisha Davis loves to walk through her soon-to-be home and see the prayers its builders have written on two-by-fours for her and her 5-year-old daughter Amaya.
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Battered by one calamity after another, Indonesians have found a resilience that has amazed even foreign aid workers. It&#039;s rooted in a widely held belief that the troubles were sent by God, either as a test of their love for him or as punishment for straying from his teachings.
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Internet users praying for salvation from junk mail face a new torment -- "Spiritual Spam."
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To forgive is divine. To forget may be asking too much of religious conservatives when it comes to Sen. John McCain.
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ÂSaint of 9/11Â is a touching elegy for the Rev. Mychal Judge, the much-loved New York City Fire Department chaplain who died at the World Trade Center.