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Muslim worshippers are sprayed with cool water during Friday prayers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
AP PHOTOS: Ramadan demonstrates Muslim courage and faith

May. 13, 2021 11:20 PM EDT

Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer in an outdoor open area, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Thursday, May 13, 2021 in Morton Grove, Ill. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
For Muslims in America, Eid al-Fitr comes as pandemic eases

By Mariam Fam And Mike Householder May. 13, 2021 12:44 PM EDT

Muslim women pray during the Eid al-Fitr celebration in Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Indonesian Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)
Virus, Mideast turmoil stifle Eid al-Fitr celebrations

By Niniek Karmini May. 12, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

Monks and nuns pray together during Buddha's Birthday celebrations at the Lin Chi Temple in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Buddha's birthday is celebrated in East Asia on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
The Latest: Ore. bill extends deadline for late-rent payment

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

From left, Dr. Abhu Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, director for Khalsa Aid USA, and Ray Fredericks, assistant director for Medisys, sort and pack dozens of electrical transformers, which will be shipped to New Delhi with oxygen concentrators this week on New York’s Long Island, Friday, May 7, 2021. With teams deployed in India to help support COVID-19 patients, Khalsa Aid USA plans to provide a total of 500 oxygen concentrators and 500 transformers to cities throughout the country. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Across faiths, US volunteers mobilize for India crisis

By Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski May. 11, 2021 12:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, file photo, the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, senior pastor at Middle Collegiate Church, speaks during an interfaith gathering outside of the Judson Memorial Church near Washington Square Park in New York. Muslims, Jews, Christians and Buddhists came together to show solidarity among faith communities as the country awaited the final result of the U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner, File)
National Day of Prayer inspires pleas for unity and justice

By Luis Andres Henao, David Crary And Mariam Fam May. 06, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

Israeli police checks on a worshipper as he arrives for the first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City , Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Muslims mark 1st Ramadan Friday prayers in Jerusalem

Apr. 16, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

Jasbir Singh, left, and Harvinder Singh, right, assist head priest Gaini Kuldeep Singh, center, with a ceremonial changing of the Sikh flag during Vaisakhi celebrations at Guru Nanak Darbar of Long Island, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Hicksville, N.Y. Sikhs across the United States are holding toned-down Vaisakhi celebrations this week, joining people of other faiths in observing major holidays cautiously this spring as COVID-19 keeps an uneven hold on the country. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Sikhs mark toned-down holiday amid continuing virus concerns

By Margaret Stafford And Gary Fields Apr. 13, 2021 04:28 PM EDT

Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. Monday, April 12, 2021. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims mark Ramadan amid virus surge and new restrictions

By Amr Nabil And Niniek Karmini Apr. 12, 2021 11:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, a man tries on a traditional cap in preparation for the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims are facing their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic. Many Muslim majority countries have been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. While some countries imposed new Ramadan restrictions, concern is high that the month’s rituals could stoke a further surge. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)
Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan

By Mariam Fam, Kathy Gannon And Bassem Mroue Apr. 12, 2021 01:42 AM EDT

Sister Mary Carol Kardell, of the Felician Sisters of North America, sits beside a Bible, rosary beads and goggles during morning Mass at St. Anne Home in Greensburg, Pa., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Last October the nuns lost one of their own, Sister Mary Evelyn Labik, to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
'How many of us will be left?' Catholic nuns face loss, pain

By Matt Sedensky Apr. 09, 2021 12:10 AM EDT

Christians wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend while maintaining social distancing during an Easter service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 4, 2021. The church allowed only 20 percent members of the capacity to attend at the Easter service as a part of measure to prevent against the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter

By Frances D'emilio Apr. 04, 2021 06:13 AM EDT

Catholic faithful reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a Passion Play on the plaza of the Our Lady of Candelaria church that remained closed to the public due to coronavirus restrictions, in Capiata, Paraguay, Friday, April 2, 2021. As deaths related to COVID-19 increase daily the government decreed a preventive lockdown during Holy Week. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Christians mark Good Friday, Holy Week under virus woes

By Joseph Krauss And Frances D'emilio Apr. 02, 2021 01:37 AM EDT

Members of the God's Love Evangelical Church and Rehab Center pray for a woman in an area known as "cracolandia" or crackland, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, March 19, 2021. The group, led by Rev. Celio Ricardo has a long history of street preaching in the city, regularly venturing into the city’s “cracolandias,” to offer help. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
AP PHOTOS: Brazil pastor brings prayers to COVID-19 patients

By Felipe Dana Apr. 01, 2021 12:26 AM EDT

Mallory Rahman and her daughter Zara Rahman, 4, who live nearby, pause after bringing flowers to the Gold Spa massage parlor in Atlanta, Wednesday afternoon, March 17, 2021, the day after eight people were killed at three massage spas in the Atlanta area. Authorities have arrested 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long in the shootings at massage parlors in Atlanta and one in Cherokee County. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
Asian American churches plan acts beyond prayer for healing

By Luis Andres Henao, Mariam Fam And Jessie Wardarski Mar. 18, 2021 08:59 PM EDT

White flags, placed by Gov. John Bel Edwards' office and representing every Louisiana death from COVID-19, are displayed outside the state Capitol, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, are near the statue of former Gov. Huey Long in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte) Slug BC-LA--Virus Outbreak-Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' office placed
Louisiana governor declares day of prayer for COVID-19 dead

Mar. 13, 2021 03:01 PM EST

Pope Francis speaks to journalists, Monday, March 8, 2021, while flying back to The Vatican at the end of his four-day trip to Iraq where he met with different Christian communities and Shiite revered cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. At right pope's spokesperson Matteo Bruni. (AP Photo/Yara Nardi, pool)
Pope weighed Iraq virus risk but believes God will protect

By Nicole Winfield And Samya Kullab Mar. 08, 2021 01:55 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, July 10, 2016 file photo, a parishioner at First Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation, leaves after a worship service in Macon, Ga. According to a Pew study released on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, Black Americans attend church more regularly than Americans overall, and pray more often. Most of them attend churches that are predominantly Black -- yet many would like those congregations to become racially diverse. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)
Survey: Black Americans attend church and pray more often

By David Crary Feb. 16, 2021 12:03 PM EST

Doyle Bradford, pastor of Father's House International Church in Bluefield, W.Va, stands in the doorway of his office on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Bradford stirred some controversy among religious leaders in his community for attending the "Save America" rally in Washington on Jan. 6 and for some of his social media posts on politics. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Election turmoil splits West Virginia city's evangelicals

By Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski Feb. 08, 2021 12:16 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, June 7, 2020, file photo, a hundred faithful sit while minding social distancing, listening to Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez celebrate Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the first Mass held in English at the site since the re-opening of churches, in downtown Los Angeles. The Supreme Court is telling California it can’t enforce a ban on indoor church services because of the coronavirus pandemic. The high court issued orders late Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in two cases where churches had sued over coronavirus-related restrictions in the state(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Some California churches hold indoor services after ruling

By Christopher Weber Feb. 07, 2021 03:00 PM EST