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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 2002
Page
14
In a compound near Mosul residents, largely Yazidi, speak Kurdish and rely on farms for income. They value white dress and untrimmed hair, regard marriage outside the faith as a sin, and hold odd beliefs such as lettuce containing evil, which they avoid.
Religion Newswriters Association lists the year’s top ten religion stories highlighting Sept. 11 faith unity, Islam tolerance, Bush’s war stance, stem cell ethics, Jerusalem attacks, faith-based initiatives, Islam understanding, John Paul II’s mosque visit, prayer literature popularity, and aid workers freed from Taliban captivity. Osama bin Laden named newsmaker of the year, narrowly ahead of Bush.
In 2001 readers sought meaning after the terrorist attacks. The Prayer of Jabez drew initial attention but faced criticism as a wealth prayer. Post 9 11, Bible Quran and Islam books rose, while Harry Potter and Tolkien titles remained popular. Academic works by Huston Smith and Diana Eck spurred broad interest in religious diversity. Max Lucado’s Traveling Light gained traction after a slow start.
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