Religion_Belief

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** FILE ** In this 2009 file photo, James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, criticized President Obama for declining to observe the long-standing National Day of Prayer event at the White House. (Katie Falkenberg/The Washington Times)

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GETTY IMAGES President Obama gets high marks in the Twitter realm as a "modern multitasker" who has delivered "intelligence, rationalism, courage" in his first 100 days in the White House.

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** FILE ** U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (left) has discussions with Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid on Monday, April 13, 2009, in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)

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File photo: Catholic worshippers and clergy hold up palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion, in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

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A woman holds palm fronds and a Bible during Palm Sunday celebrations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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A protesters signals approval as other protesters representing Code Pink unfurl a banner on an overpass above the passing marchers near the Pentagon, Saturday, March 21, 2009. (Allison Shelley/The Washington Times)

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Caravaggio's 1602 painting entitled "The Taking of Christ" which will go on display at Washington's National Gallery of Art. To Christians it's one of the most dramatic moments of their faith, the kiss of Judas and the arrest of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane. To art lovers it's the depiction of that moment by one of the greatest of Italian artists, Michaelangelo Meerisi, better known as Caravaggio. (AP Photo/National Gallery of Art)

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Members of the Bethel Apostolic Church Ensemble in Maryland hold hands during a prayer breakfast in 2009. (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times/File)

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Virginia Theological Seminary

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President Obama, with his wife, Michelle, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. with his wife, Jill, participate in the multidenominational prayer service. About two dozen clergy offered prayers, reflections, readings and traditional American hymns.

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Martin Luther King III (left) and the Rev. Al Sharpton converse after their addresses to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Monday, July 31, 2006, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

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An Iranian girl and women react as they attend a religious procession to mark Ashura in Ardebil, Iran, in 2009. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)

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** FILE ** Pope Benedict XVI visits the Nativity scene after a New Year's Eve Vespers service at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in 2008.

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Despite the month's religious roots, Muharram today is "more of a cultural holiday," said Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, director of outreach at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia.. "Think of it as a new year, as a new beginning to make resolutions." (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Kazakhstan's education ministry says the Nickelodeon animated series "SpongeBob SquarePants" has a corrupting influence on children. (AP Photo/Nickelodeon)

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Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City and to the World") Christmas message in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The pope warned that the world was headed toward ruin if selfishness prevails over solidarity during tough economic times for both rich and poor nations. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on the day Christians commemorate Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, Benedict declared that the "heart of the Christian message is meant for all men and women." (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)