From an Iraqi Pulpit, Prayers and Politics
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Friday sermons rival Arab satellite channels such as al-Jazeera in their influence over Iraqi opinion.
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Pope John Paul II today said he was praying for the Iraqi people after militants bombed two churches in Mosul, the latest anti-Christian violence in the country.
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Despite the improved security across Iraq, which some parishioners cited as cause for hope, the dayâs sermon focused on continuing struggles.
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The meeting with one of IraqÂs most powerful Shiite leaders was part of an effort to reach out to a wider circle of Iraqi politicians.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gives a keynote speech on government policy and the challenges facing Iraq before its elections to members of the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad, October 18.
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If there is any doubt that the new Iraqi government is calling the shots in Iraq, the supporting evidence is mounting daily in Najaf.
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Pope John Paul met Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday and told him he hoped a democratic and multi-ethnic Iraq would emerge from &quot;the tragic sufferings of recent years.
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A Lebanese Sunni preacher led thousands of anti-government Shi'ite demonstrators in prayers on Friday in a show of Muslim unity designed to dispel fears of sectarian strife.
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Â· Minister turns to sporting youth to pack pews  Â· Plywood ramp replaces pulpit as focal point
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MANAMA, Bahrain - A big, bearded cleric caught the eye of a mosque official as he approached the stand to deliver the sermon, the chief imam at Bahrain's largest mosque recalled Thursday.  The official asked the cleric what he wanted to do.
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Religious and political leaders gather at the Umm al-Qura Sunni Muslim mosque outside Baghdad, where clerics called for their followers to boycott Iraq&#39;s January elections.
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As Iraq's nationwide elections near, the clergy has led an unprecedented mobilization of the Shiite majority population. The momentum they have created has made a delay in the ballot difficult, if not impossible.
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Analysis: No one seems happy with the Iraqi Prime Minister, but he has held on for two reasons: his political acumen and the lack of a good alternative
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Three leaders in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon are united in theology and a common fight against the West.
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NAJAF, Iraq A delegation of Iraqis arrived here Tuesday to try to persuade a rebellious Shiite cleric and his militia to evacuate a shrine in this holy city and end fighting with US and Iraqi government forces.
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With elections less than three weeks away, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is spending much of his tenure's final days wooing Iraqis and reassuring them of his ability to lead this nation fatigued by war and terror.
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Under the stewardship of the country's most powerful religious figure, Iraq's fractured Shiite Muslim majority has closed ranks and produced a unified list of candidates for the parliamentary elections set for Jan. 30.