Gassho-zukuri means construction resembling hands joined in prayer, as these farmhouse’s steeply slanted thatched roofs bear an uncanny resemblance to the clasped hands of a person engaged in ...

Holding hands and raising their voices in praise, women exalted the Lord as they gathered at the Benoni Central Methodist ...

Their purpose was a deeply spiritual one, to offer Salat al Istisqaa, a special prayer seeking Allah’s mercy for rain and forgiveness. Believers raised their hands towards the heavens in ...