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By Nicola ChiltonJuly 25, 2024 6:48 AM EDTArriving at a particularly tumultuous time for the world, Abu Dhabis Abrahamic Family House, combining a mosque, synagogue, and church aiming to promote mutual understanding, feels more important than ev
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stanley cup nd dialogue, the center is also an active place of prayer for the United Arab Emirates Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities, hosting more than 250,000 worshippers and visitors in its first year and upward of 250 community events. Designed by embattled Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, each of the three houses of worship takes up residence in a bold yet delicate concrete cube with identical external dimensions. No one building dominates another an
stanley cup d theres a visual harmony to the grouping, with each structure also embracing its own individuality and religious references. The mosques elongated arches, dramatic vaults, and geometric mashrabiya latticework, for example, allow air to circulate and dappled light to filter into the space. The synagogues external V-shaped columns are inspired by the overlapping palm fronds of the sukkah, a traditional shelter used during the festival of Sukkot, and a bronze mesh tent cascades from a central skylight, referencing the original tabernacle. In the church, a ceiling of descending wooden linear battens represents a shower of ecstatic redemption, according to the architecture team and th Vmnz Southern Baptists Strike a Different Tone than Catholics in Conference
By Maya RhodanJune 10, 2014 11:00 AM EDTAround 62% of Americans favor a legal pathway to citizenship for immigrants currently living illegally in the U.S., according to a poll released Tuesday. The Public Religion Research Institute poll, conducted in conjunction with the Brookings Institute, found American sentiment toward immigration reform hasnrsquo;t changed much since 2013.With the 2014 midterm elections fa
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adidas campus bill that passed the Senate last year. About 46% of self-identified Republicans say opposition to reform would hurt a candidatersquo chances of gaining their vote. About 21% of Republicans surveyed say they would be more likely to vote for such a candidate.The expansive survey also showed that most Americans support legislation that provides resident status for the children of illegal immigrants after those children either join the military or go to collegemdash omething the DREAM Act does not do. The DREAM Act a
