In Riyadh, 'Saudi Jeans' and calls to prayer
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In this conservative kingdom's most conservative city, a sheen of modernity bumps against deep tradition.
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As the evening call to prayer rang out yesterday, signaling the end of the day&#39;s fast and the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, dazed mourners wandered the grounds
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GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia  - The sweet smell of incense from a centuries-old Chinese temple, the perfume of a Hindu shrine decked in flowers and the call to Muslim prayer.
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Standing in the small, fluorescent-lighted room that served as George Washington University's Muslim prayer area, Amin Al-Sarraf pointed to the six-foot-high plastic partition dividing the space. Al-Sarraf grew up the eldest of four children in leafy Pasadena, Calif., with an Iraqi father and.........
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CAIRO -- Saudi Arabia's royal family and government leaders are deeply divided over how to handle the growing crisis in Iraq and other looming Mideast problems like Iran, with some favoring strong aid to fellow Sunnis and others more cautious.
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A group of Muslim worshippers were gathered for evening prayer inside the Islamic Center of Southern California when Moses Port and David Guarascio arrived.
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Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam,   will start the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on Saturday   along with most fellow Gulf Arab states, state media reported   on Friday.
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Clerics in Saudi Arabia, which is fighting a violent campaign by al Qaeda supporters, must do more to stamp out militant thinking among Saudi youth, the interior minister said in comments aired on Tuesday.
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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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Saudi security forces surrounded a Riyadh mosque and helicopters clattered overhead Friday amid calls by a London-based Saudi dissident for demonstrations against the royal family, but worshippers dispersed peacefully after prayers.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A23 of the Nov. 16, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. FOR THE Muslim community at the Greenhills Shopping Center (GSC) in San Juan, it meant a day of celebration and sharing.
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MINA, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi police went on high alert on Friday as millions of Muslims rushed to complete one of the last rituals of the annual haj pilgrimage, testing to the limits the new crowd control arrangements at an accident spot on the haj itinerary.
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Muslims are being warned they need to be careful with medication during Ramadan.
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An elderly Bangladeshi Muslim man takes part in the last prayer of the &quot;Biswa Ijtema&quot; or World Islamic Congregation on the outskirts of Dhaka, December 5. Approximately four million Muslim devotees from Bangladesh and abroad raised their hands seeking
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The Saudi government has stepped up  surveillance of charities amid fears that some of the big cash  donations made to them during the holy month of Ramadan are  being channeled to militant groups like al Qaeda.
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The Egyptian government says it wants to unify the calls to prayer that air separately from thousands of mosque loudspeakers in the capital Cairo.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's highest religious authority has issued an edict barring the use of cell phones with built-in cameras, blaming them for "spreading obscenity" - a final resort after a ban on their sale and import to the kingdom failed to dent their popularity.    Camera cell phones have caught on fast throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East, particularly in oil-rich Persian Gulf countries, prompting concerns about privacy in places where people undress, "theft" of reading materials at book stores and newsstands, and corporate espionage by employees...