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...Committee headquarters in Dushanbe, capital of Tadzhikistan. Humiliated, the group of veteran Soviet combat officers and their men sank awkwardly to the ground when ordered to do so by the throng of 10,000 militant Tadzhiks. The troops then listened grimly as a mullah recited the Islamic call to prayer from atop one of their armored vehicles...
...Primarily in Uzbekistan but also in other Central Asian republics, Muslim TV and radio programs are now a regular feature. Some Muslim prayer gatherings are televised along with readings from the Koran...
...perfect the world under the rule of God" are words from the Aleinu prayer, recited three times daily by observant Jews. As Dennis Prager points out in The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, "It is in this sense of a moral commitment to perfect themselves and the world that the Jews considered themselves 'chosen'." The Bible, not to mention contemporary Jews, refers to Jews as constituting a "holy nation...
...points, including 18 in the second half when the Crimson scrambled back from an 11-point deficit to take a two-point lead with two-and-a-half mintues remaining in the game. At one point in the second half, James had converted seven straight field goals, including a prayer shot which was blocked by Dean Campbell and which he still managed to underhand into the basket...
...mullah takes the microphone and sings out the traditional Muslim call to prayer in Arabic. "Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!" the call begins. Mesmerized, the Tadzhiks as one man -- there is not a woman in sight among the 10,000 except Alexandra -- raise their hands in the traditional Muslim posture of worship. The Soviets stiffen. The officers disappear from the windows. Except for the wail of the mullah, a total hush has descended upon the gathering. After the prayer call, the mullah reads a sura from the Koran honoring the dead. Three minutes later, the prayer and reading...