Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.
My mother prays sitting down now — I can’t quite believe it myself either. Muslims pray five times per day in different intervals called Fajr, Duhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha. The prayer names translate ...
The prayers include recitation of the opening chapter of the Quran (Surat Al Fatiha) and are sometimes performed on a small rug or mat used exclusively for this purpose. Muslim men pray together ...
Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/AFP via Getty Images During weekly Shabbat services at my synagogue, we recite a prayer for the well-being of the United States and for the leaders who ...
A British army veteran who was recently convicted for expressing "disapproval of abortion" with a silent prayer in an abortion "buffer zone" worries his case is just the beginning of an alarming ...