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A Lebanese rescuer carries Joseph Naimeh, 6, at the scene of a car bomb attack in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. (Associated Press)
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Christine Brazile sits on a prayer mat as relatives pray during a Friday prayer service last month at the Al-Fattah Mosque. Islam, a new religion in Haiti, is gaining adherents. Port au Prince has t least five mosques, a Muslim parliament member and a nightly local television program devoted to Islam. (Associated Press)
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Darlene Derosier, 43, a Muslim convert since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, posts a sign explaining Islamic cleansing rituals for prayer at the Al-Fattah Mosque in Gressier. The tradition of constant washing, she said, helps Muslims avoid cholera. (Associated Press)
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Darlene Derosier, 43, a Muslim convert since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, posts a sign explaining Islamic cleansing rituals for prayer at the Al-Fattah Mosque in Gressier. The tradition of constant washing, she said, helps Muslims avoid cholera.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Christine Brazile sits on a prayer mat as relatives pray during a Friday prayer service last month at the Al-Fattah Mosque. Islam, a new religion in Haiti, is gaining adherents. Port au Prince has t least five mosques, a Muslim parliament member and a nightly local television program devoted to Islam.
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Darlene Derosier, 43, a Muslim convert since the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, posts a sign explaining Islamic cleansing rituals for prayer at the Al-Fattah Mosque in Gressier. The tradition of constant washing, she said, helps Muslims avoid cholera.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Christine Brazile sits on a prayer mat as relatives pray during a Friday prayer service last month at the Al-Fattah Mosque. Islam, a new religion in Haiti, is gaining adherents. Port au Prince has t least five mosques, a Muslim parliament member and a nightly local television program devoted to Islam.
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A religious figure, shoes and a newspaper lie at the steps of the suburban Los Angeles home believed to be that of filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Federal authorities have identified Nakoula, a self-described Coptic Christian, as the key figure behind "Innocence of Muslims," a film denigrating Islam and the Prophet Muhammad that ignited mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Middle East. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Mitt Romney leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after services on Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla. The Republican White House hopeful is in Boca Raton for Monday night’s third and final presidential debate. (Associated Press)
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Police and protesters clash after the funeral of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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**FILE** A protester holds a replica of a fetus to make her point. Catholic and Protestant abortion opponents have come together to oppose the clinic’s opening. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney leaves the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after services on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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North American Indians in headdresses await the start of a canonization ceremony celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Those people elevated to sainthood included Kateri Tekakwitha, the first American Indian saint, and Mother Marianne Cope, who nursed lepers in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Lebanese firefighters extinguish burning cars at the scene of a car bomb explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, officials said. (Associated Press)
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A Lebanese rescuer carries an injured boy at the scene of a car bomb explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, officials said. (Associated Press)
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A injured woman is carried by a civilian at the scene of a car bomb explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut on Oct. 19, 2012. The bomb killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, officials said. (Associated Press)
