Chinese Gods of Hell are fearsome but rarely regarded as evil or demonic. Instead, they are responsible for punishing the unvirtuous and sinful.
That is why a relatively obscure Nasserist, but on record for human rights and who combined his criticism of Islamism with public appearances at prayer in mosques, came in a close third drawing strong working class support and ahead of far better known candidates. President Morsi has ...
The truth is somewhere in the middle, so we can pray for protection from trouble on the horizon. A psalm of protection is asking the Lord to change something about the future that might threaten the individual. c. The final application pertains to vocabulary for prayer and shows that we ...
Radical Islamists fervently believe in their cause – specifically, that they have a divine obligation to do whatever is necessary to conquer the world for Islam. For generations, they’ve operated assembly lines (“madrassas”) around the world that churn out wave after wave of similarly ferven...
fasting during Ramadan, sporting beards or possessing “undesirable” items, such as Qur’ans or prayer mats. Videos have surfaced of Urumqi police forcibly cutting shirts of Uighur women with scissors in the streets if they are deemed too long....