But the Taliban and other Muslim militant groups spurn Sufi shrines and have often attacked Sufi mosques and shrines, accusing devotees of being heretics or apostates.
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ISIS considers all religious shrines -- Islamic, Christian, Jewish, etc.
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Scattered across the landscape, there are over a hundred shrines containing puzzles that unlock orbs to upgrade your strength and stamina, in turn making it easier to access and escape more shrines.
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Muslim shrines have often been targeted by militant groups, many of whom adhere to a strict interpretation of Islam that regards veneration of saints at shrines such as Shah Noorani as heresy.
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The park is also home to multiple temples and shrines.
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The number of shrines is in slow but steady decline.
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Amarnath is considered one of the holiest shrines in Hinduism.
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Shrines of flowers and candles have cropped up on sidewalks.
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Pakistan is dotted with shrines of saints with great reputations.
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The late Sidibé's snapshots are shrines to the hopeful time.
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I spend two days amidst the abundant shrines of Kyoto.
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Most pilgrims pick up the tablets from stalls around the shrines.
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Sunni terror groups such as ISIS have attacked these Shiite shrines.
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Finding the remaining shrines, and cleaning up previously missed side-quests.
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You have all of these famous temples and shrines and whatnot.
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There are no flowering cherry trees, misty shrines, or snowy peaks.
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The shrines are the other half of the perfect pace equation.
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These included shrines, a royal palace, and a pyramid-shaped temple.
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Bold visitors have stacked some of the remains into morbid shrines.
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"These are shrines to an Armageddon that didn't happen," Reynolds says.
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Bold hikers have stacked some of the remains into morbid shrines.
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Snakes, birds, and trees are typical to these kinds of shrines.
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Shrines are located around the park and some have restricted entry.
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The sandstone figurines inside both shrines include statues dedicated to the shrines' owners, with all six dating to the New Kingdom, said Dr. Mahmoud Afifi, head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Antiquities Ministry.
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They are also shown blowing up what they describe as Sufi shrines.
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Karbala, Kufa and Najaf in Iraq are revered shrines for the Shiites.
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The jihadist leader admitted to ordering attacks on Muslim shrines in Timbuktu.
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For the towers, Roosegarde took design inspiration from China's public park shrines.
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Eventually, he started leaving his pieces at temples and shrines as well.
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Now many PMF groups see defense of shrines as their primary task.
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Without the shrines, you will become a dangerous, scavenging thief: a phantom.
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Many of them now take the form of mini-dungeons called Shrines.
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Sufi shrines and mosques have been repeatedly targeted in the country's northwest.
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Maybe he'll hang this among the shrines to himself throughout his home.
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They will no longer be shrines haunting the city from on high.
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"The nicest areas are the martyr's shrines and mosques," he told CNN.
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But the elaborate attire was not just relegated to temples and shrines.
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Shiites often touch and kiss shrines as a sign of their faith.
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Some works, including costumes and paintings, are from Japanese shrines and temples.
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We'll fight whoever lays a finger on Iraq and its holy shrines.
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Young recruits were told they would be defending Shia shrines against Islamic State.
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Iran claims its presence in Syria is aimed at protecting holy Shiite shrines.
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At night, these shrines were the only structures lit up in the village.
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Once attached to Buddhist shrines, sentos still have a whiff of the spiritual.
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The leadership of Ansar Dine decided that the shrines violated Islamic legal codes.
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Sufis also hold shrines containing the tombs of holy men in particular reverence.
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Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan and many shrines dot the country.
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That's because Kerala is home to Sabarimala Temple, one of Hinduism's holiest shrines.
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They showed black soldiers amid spindly trees and what looked like Japanese shrines.
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I saw the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Pre-Columbian shrines in 2015.
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Hoteliers in Iraqi cities hosting Shia shrines bemoan the recent dearth of Iranian pilgrims.
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Qawwali has flourished in the shrines of Sufi saints that are dotted across Pakistan.
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As a result, the terrorist groups have attacked ancient historic monuments and religious shrines.
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Pilgrims go to visit the numerous shrines along the way, worshiping the mountains themselves.
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Majority-Shi'ite Iran says its forces are in Syria to defend holy Shi'ite shrines.
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Many matsuri are celebrated at Shintō shrines to honor the specific deities they shelter.
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"They believe Sufi shrines are the most egregious expression of that shirk," he said.
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"Lots of concert halls look like shrines or temples, like a Parthenon," he added.
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Also on the subject of Shrines: your progress is saved, even if you leave.
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Exhausted pilgrims, including women carrying their children, marched long distances to reach the shrines.
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It had burned down their houses, looted their shops, and blown up their shrines.
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Once some local residents even set fire to the forest shrines, Mr. Akanji said.
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The core of the city is still made of Oudh's vaulted shrines and palaces.
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Only later was it adopted in Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the Japanese imperial court.
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At makeshift shrines to the victims, people gathered in silence, tears rolling down their faces.
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Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest oil exporter, and guardian of Islam's two holiest shrines.
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Visiting shrines in the mountains once in childhood, he thought he heard the bamboo growing.
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They dynamited ancient Christian and Muslim shrines and archaeological wonders like the gates of Nineveh.
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In the same month, the group also mounted a series of attacks against Shi'ite shrines.
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The compelling part of the site is a hive of rock-cut chapels and shrines.
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Militants opposed to pluralist interpretations of Islam have targeted shrines like this in the past.
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There was a rawness to the "here today, gone tomorrow" shrines that she found captivating.
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These players will be celebrated, and emulated, but I wonder if they'll get any shrines.
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" They are, Vilbar writes in the exhibition's catalogue, "important observances for the communities surrounding shrines.
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As Iwata points out, sometimes Buddhist temples were even established on the grounds of shrines.
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The extremist group has systematically razed the tombs of Sufi saints and dynamited their shrines.
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Enhanced security precautions have become common at shrines, schools and shopping centers in Hazara areas.
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Past midnight, groups of fans were still staring at makeshift shrines of flowers and balloons.
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The performances are free, often commissioned by shrines in Bangkok and sometimes around the country.
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Let it wash over you, the startling imagery and grotesqueries—shrines to an alien wilderness.
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Today there are more than 1,000 such sacred places, known as Asama or Sengen shrines.
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Why do people build Supreme shrines in their bedrooms and not get embarrassed about it?
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Located just beyond Kumano Hongu Taisha—one of the holiest of the 99 shrines, or oji, that line the Kumano Kodo—Yunomine's hot springs were the sites of Japanese Buddhist ablution rituals, purification rites for pilgrims who traveled the arduous journey to visit the shrines.
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The area around his apartment building, at 285 Lafayette Street, continues to draw street art shrines.
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The last time it had control over the city, Islamic State blew up two ancient shrines.
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For a person who has 100 shrines, I understand the concern about losing all your data.
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Games have been played in iconic sporting shrines like Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park.
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Is there anything that spiritually or emotionally links the music that Stadium & Shrines is drawn to.
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The Black Madonna resides in the Jasna Góra monastery, one of the holiest shrines in Poland.
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The floor of both shrines have sunk, and are now deformed, making the structures potentially unstable.
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They cleansed the faith of saint-worship, demolishing shrines venerated by Shia and traditional Sunnis alike.
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Families set up shrines for their deceased loved ones decorated with religious artifacts and yes, calaveras.
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Scattered across the world are more than 100 "shrines" which play out like miniature puzzle dungeons.
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The Taliban and other extremist Sunni groups have attacked Sufi shrines and gatherings in recent years.
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But in the view of Hisbah, the new morality police, the shrines were places of idolatry.
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They are carried by groups of bearers in colorfully decorated, palanquin-like mikoshi, or portable shrines.
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Iran's health ministry did ask the city to close the shrines, but it was never enforced.
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Iran's health ministry did ask the city to close the shrines, but it was never enforced.
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She spoke with intensity of shrines to these men in ancient villages that bordered the Sahara.
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"The opponents of Sufism see the shrines and these living saints as idols," Mr. Knysh explained.
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It released inspirational videos claiming credit for saving Shiite shrines from destruction by the Islamic State.
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It was built in 21980, one of four shrines where the emperor worshiped key heavenly bodies.
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The booths that once advertised student activities have been turned into shrines for those who died.
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The recruiting pitch, he said, is mostly based in faith, to defend Shiite shrines in Syria.
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Certified copies of the rescript were housed in small shrines to the imperial family in every school.
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Even better, unlike typical Zelda puzzles, those in Breath of the Wild's shrines often have multiple solutions.
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The shrines look like Zelda dungeons, a sort of top-down view of a grid of tiles.
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The stacks look like small shrines to mountain solitude, carefully balanced at the edge of a precipice.
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Those of a new-age disposition see shrines as "power-spots" brimming with healing, love and insight.
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While Shiites are more regular targets, Sunni militants have attacked Sufi shrines in Pakistan in recent years.
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He and half a dozen other miners visited the sacred oracles in the shrines of Ashanti deities.
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The extremist group is part of a puritanical strain of Islam that considers all religious shrines idolatrous.
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In Mosul, it is religious authorities, not militias, that are seeking property, particularly older shrines and mosques.
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Flowers, candles and messages of solidarity piled up through the day at makeshift shrines along the street.
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Swarms of boats sounded their horns while fireworks and red carnations hit the air like exploding shrines.
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Egypt has about 15 million Sufis, and their shrines and saints appear in villages across the country.
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It was effective, but the translucent murk of their revolutionary debut Shrines was lost in the shift.
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According to Flores, the project will mar culturally important sites, like the star shrines, if it's built.
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But the property is beautiful, statues and shrines scattered around the grounds, small cats weaving between them.
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Despite advice from the Ministry of Health, mosques and shrines are still holding mass services for pilgrims.
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They live on farms, erect shrines to the Virgin Mary and dutifully go to church every Sunday.
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Beyond the gegar's wooden door, Old Harar was a treasure-house of curious museums and muftis' shrines.
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In turn, in Mr. Amin's telling, Nusra called for Mr. Assad's downfall and the destruction of shrines.
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Bicycle paths are also present, and the mountain hosts three shrines known as the Sanage Sanja Daimyojin.
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Shrines 8 Photos View Slide Show ' Fashion designers base their lives around collections: spring/summer, fall/winter.
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It's a land of rains and mists and distant conical mountains, with temples and shrines and faded buildings.
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Hospital sources said at least 10 Iranian pilgrims, who were visiting holy Shi'ite shrines, were among the dead.
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"Your people blew up our shrines," he says, ordering the sheikh, Salah al-Taha, out of the car.
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One of my favorite additions to the game is the shrines — glowing caverns scattered liberally across the map.
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They join their moulids, or birthday celebrations, for saints and camp at the shrines of the prophet's relatives.
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The state stopped administering and funding shrines, leaving private organisations, most notably Jinja Honcho, to assume that role.
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Ancient Shinto shrines also sit high in montane forests—indeed, often sharing a site with a Buddhist temple.
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The project isn't complete yet, though some categories like shrines, stables, and towers appear to be fully mapped.
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Shrines and sculptures are feeling the effects of nature and time, and restorative efforts are feeling the same.
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If so, is it more than just blowing up the cult shrines and rescuing people from immediate danger?
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Prosperous local merchants invested in music, poetry and food, rather than shrines, of which there are remarkably few.
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The incident is part of a larger ongoing debate about women being barred from religious shrines in India.
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"But he knows very well there are many Shi'ites here and 20 to 30 Shi'ite shrines," he said.
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It is building Shiite shrines and strengthening Shiite militias that it hopes to use as leverage against Israel.
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He wanted to shutter some shrines like those that draw pilgrims to Qom, but hard-line clerics balked.
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He wanted to shutter some shrines like those that draw pilgrims to Qom, but hard-line clerics balked.
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Paru pointed out the squarish shrines with domed ceilings, framed against the ribbed surface of the open desert.
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Pilgrims to Shia shrines were allowed to move freely as if their piety would protect them from illness.
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Najaf houses important Shiite shrines, and Iran's presence in the city demonstrates its ties to this ancient site.
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Najaf houses important Shiite shrines, and Iran's presence in the city demonstrates its ties to this ancient site.
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In downtown Tokyo, the Kanda Shrine was packed - typical of many shrines and Buddhist temples over New Years.
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Earlier on Monday, the regime announced the shrines would be closing, after weeks of warnings by health officials.
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"The people of Palestine stand today at the first line of defense for Jerusalem and its shrines," he added.
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Many Islamist rebels in Aleppo follow Salafist Muslim ideas that hold shrines and tombs to be tantamount to idolatry.
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Battling the strange creatures in these shrines is where the game's action RPG and puzzle aspects come into play.
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Rooms of the deceased have been locked up, turning them into well-preserved, but unsettling shrines to the dead.
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But the end result is the same, however you solve all 120 shrines spread across this version of Hyrule.
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Even my girlfriend, who typically hates puzzles in games, is enjoying the shrines because they don't overstay their welcome.
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The site is far from the beach and their shrines, said Niran Yangpan, an assistant to the village leader.
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"At different points in my life, I've had shrines to Morten Harket of A-Ha and Prince," says Garnett.
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It's an attractive alternative to spending that same time sat up with the Switch, wandering Hyrule for new shrines.
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His visit will include sight-seeing in Jerusalem's walled Old City, which houses major Christian, Jewish and Muslim shrines.
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Shrines of Guan are a common sight in traditional Chinese shops and restaurants across China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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These exceedingly rough, yet intricate and delicate sculptures have a look of both obsessive folk art and devotional shrines.
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In this case, playing Breath of the Wild while avoiding its 120 puzzle shrines would be a feat indeed.
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But you'll also find a rich cultural heritage reflected in traditional temples and shrines, street food and homegrown art.
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The attack followed several assaults on Sufi shrines in Pakistan over the past year carried out by Sunni extremists.
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It is this chronicle that distinguishes the Dortmund museum from similar soccer shrines across Europe and around the world.
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In the video -- designed to promote the National Theatre's current Kabuki production -- the musicians perform to the beats of PPAP while the mascot makes motions, not with an apple and pen, but with a retro pen, a nurisampo (a lacquered stand used in shrines) and a sampo (a wooden stand used in shrines).
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Initially we knew that we would have to make more than 100 shrines to make it work, but instead of trying to create a specific puzzle for each of these 100 shrines, we used the physics and chemistry engines, the rules that were already in the game, and then mass-produced these puzzles.
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The ministry said the pilgrims were visiting "holy shrines" at Bab al-Saghir, one of Syria's largest and oldest cemeteries.
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The channel captures the kaleidoscope of Japan's beauty: cherry blossom-dotted sidewalks, ultramodern architecture, Shinto shrines, neon alleyways, manicured gardens.
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Local media reports say police at the time suspected the discovery was linked to the earlier attacks on Buddhist shrines.
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Get to know the significance of each local flower, and then have fun spotting them on shrines throughout the city.
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Jordan's monarchy is custodian of Jerusalem's holy shrines, making Amman sensitive to any changes of status of the disputed city.
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Saudi kings fancy themselves guardians of Islam, the "custodians of the two holy places", the shrines in Mecca and Medina.
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"The evil family tree of the Saudi dynasty does not have the competence to manage the holy shrines," Khamenei said.
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Legends say kudzu has wrapped up shrines and temples, so that there stand giant goddess Kanon statues entwined in green.
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New weapons and armor await, and it also looks like there are a number of new shrines and larger dungeons.
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Around Mosul, once a melting pot for ethnic and religious groups along the ancient Silk Road, IS destroyed Shi'ite shrines.
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The most cynical of the lot: to receive blessings at shrines you will need to make an offering of gold.
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The group has become infamous for looting and destroying artifacts from museums, as well as bulldozing temples, shrines, and monuments.
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The series of drawings show the women stylized in the way in which she saw them—shrines to their circumstances.
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Mananya Boonme's dazzling hot pink home—covered in ornaments, shrines, and statues of Hindu Gods—disrupts the scene of domesticity.
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Hundreds of people living there worshiped in circular shrines and made haunting, wide-eyed sculptures that stood three feet high.
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Rampaging across Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State destroyed churches, shrines and sites, including the ancient Roman city of Palmyra.
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He said that he had traveled to Afghanistan as a tourist to visit historical sites, like old buildings and shrines.
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Hindus frequented shrines of local Muslim saints; Muslims sold Hindu religious artifacts outside temples and revered Ram as a prophet.
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The Iranian government has reportedly requested clerics close these shrines, but not all have obeyed, including the one in Mashhad.
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The holy cities of Mashhad and Qom in particular, both home to shrines, have been hard-hit by the virus.
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Be sure to scour battlegrounds and Shrines before you leave if you want to get really miserly with your arrows.
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This tiered tulip vase stands more than five feet high and its form mimics the gabled roofs of Shinto shrines.
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Many Iranian Shia pilgrims visit shrines in Syria, and the Syrian tourism industry has sectors that cater exclusively to Iranians.
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Other Islamic militants — not just ISIS — destroy Sufi shrines and sites around the world, including in Libya, Mali, and Iran.
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Irbil, Iraq (CNN)ISIS extremists have reveled in destroying ancient shrines and antiquities, posting videos on social media of their vandalism.
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Many stepwells were used for ablution; the tanks associated with mosques, Hindu temples and other shrines offered the most purificatory form.
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At the time, pilgrims associated visiting religious shrines and sites with miraculous cures and healing, including those who suffered from leprosy.
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His conservatoire-trained players make ends meet by teaching piano and violin, and by working as monks in shrines and temples.
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I've uncovered shrines while waiting for my daughter's dance lessons to end, and I've climbed gigantic mountains while lying in bed.
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The subtropics turned to tropics, and on they walked, until they began to pass gilded shrines where monks served milky curry.
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Be mindful that temples and shrines are places of worship for local residents, as well as places to protect sacred objects.
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It's reminiscent of Shrines' standout track "Fineshrine": Both songs are filled with a throbbing undercurrent and lyrics reaching for something more.
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Traditionally these scrolls were often displayed in temples and shrines, as not-so-subtle reminders of the consequences of immoral behavior.
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There are some 80,000 Shinto shrines, all over Japan, where priests and devotees can be seen clapping and bowing like Akihito.
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Since his death, Bowie's fans, friends and peers began commemorating the singer, posting tributes online and creating shrines around the world.
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It is also the reason given for the destruction of Shia and Sufi shrines, by the Saudis as well as ISIS.
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It is a concept found in traditional Japanese houses and shrines, creating a strong connection between inside and outside, she said.
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It took root in the Japanese court, and in temples and shrines, in forms which have scarcely changed over 1,000 years.
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Fourteen of the destroyed shrines have been recently rebuilt by local masons using traditional methods, with the help of foreign donors.
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We sincerely appreciate King Abdullah II of Jordan for his consultations and for his care of Muslim Holy shrines in Jerusalem.
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He told me of medieval Islamic libraries in small Saharan towns, of shrines to desert saints and of old Jewish houses.
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Nevertheless, on Wednesday there were no large turnouts of mourners or literary fans at the Rothian sites, no shrines of flowers.
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Mr. Assad, an Alawite, rushed to defend the mosque and protect all religious sites, especially the Shiite shrines, in the country.
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This may not be the muscular tonkotsu ramen, with a whiff of the barnyard, found at ramen shrines elsewhere in town.
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In the other direction, groups of families and friends strolled through a grassy field dotted with colorful shrines to the victims.
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He called that project — presciently, terribly — L'animita, the term used for roadside shrines left to honor those killed in car wrecks.
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Fans started making their own holiday shrines for the Legally Blonde legend, and even got a shout out from Reese on Instagram.
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Today home builders are receiving requests to build everything from wine cellars, billiard rooms and home theaters to shrines and fitness rooms.
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You can forage for supplies in the forest, or solve one of the puzzle shrines, or try out some new elixir recipes.
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The same stall also sells all manner of armor items, many of which you can only otherwise pick up in Shrines. Nice.
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Decades later, they're revered by the USJ for the war heroes they were, and there are even shrines to honor their service.
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"The practices at shrines include money donations, jewelry and gifts in return (for) a pat of blessing from the custodians," Sufi said.
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Custodians of many shrines cultivate relationships with local politicians to increase their influence and, in return for votes, receive protection, he said.
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Each day, I passed many Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, where I issued daily prayers as a form of simple nondenominational thankfulness.
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Most of the shrines essentially are tiny, self-contained puzzle-platform levels (as are the more structured 'dungeons' of the Divine Beasts).
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The map will remember stables, select shops, fast-travel shrines; but it'll only display much of this information when zoomed right into.
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I, a lifelong "spiritual, but not religious" type was ready to sign up for one of New York City's many prayer shrines.
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Coffins arrived with the bodies of soldiers who went unidentified, referred to only as "defenders of the shrines" of the Shiite saints.
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When I got tired of that, I explored the valleys below to tackle shrines and find new weapons and resources, by myself.
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The potent message of protecting the shrines has drawn in Shi'ite Afghans, some of whom live in Iran and others in Afghanistan.
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I don't always agree with his opinions, in fact, I disagreed with most of his thoughts on Breath of the Wild's shrines.
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These pop-up shrines are everywhere in Tehran during the holy month of Muharram—always glowing in the holy color of green.
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At least 400 Iranians and Afghans from Iran have died "defending the shrines" in Iraq and Syria, as the government describes it.
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Elsewhere, the Islamic State has made a spectacle of bulldozing Sufi shrines, describing their removal as a form of purifying the faith.
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"Shrines, zawiyas, a library with 4,000 titles - including manuscripts that date back 500 years - have been burned (or) completely destroyed," he said.
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Translations of the inscribed hieroglyphics in shrines 30 and 31 are underway, and the archaeologists will also closely examine their relief scenes.
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She had earned an international reputation as an expert on Uighur shrines, folklore, music and crafts neglected by previous generations of scholars.
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General Sharif told Iranian media that the Guards' construction entity, Khatam al Anbiya, had paved and repaired roads leading to Karbala's shrines.
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On Tuesday mourners were gathering at makeshift shrines outside the hospital where he was treated and the place where he was hit.
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The government told citizens to avoid crowded places including shrines, universities and schools, shopping malls and stores, sports activities and entertainment parks.
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Now, the Red Wings will close the doors at Joe Louis Arena, one of the country's few remaining historically significant sports shrines.
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The city produces more than 99 percent of Japan's kinpaku, which was traditionally used to decorate temples, shrines, ornaments and other items.
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There are over 21966,2011 Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Kyoto, and raked gravel Zen gardens, ponds and meticulously kept terraces abound.
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Iranian-backed militias are the defenders of the Shiite shrines in the cities of Najaf and Karbala that drive trade and tourism.
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He ran his hands along the ramparts of forgotten fortresses and felt the dampness in the crypt-like passages of mystical shrines.
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Yet there is something in us that wants to preserve the shrines to their dominance, and restage their experiences of lavish indulgence.
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What followed was a series of hairpin turns, as we drove through villages next to rushing rivers and past tiny mountain shrines.
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Donated by Wright's son, David, the collection of 40 photographs offers views of temples, shrines, and gardens in cities from Kyoto to Okayama.
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There are shrines at the summits of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Haleakala, including those honoring the heavens, the earth mother and ancestors.
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He sang all over South Asia (being a star in India and Bangladesh as well as Pakistan), in Sufi shrines and on television.
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A UNESCO World Heritage site, Maaloula is home to many shrines and churches -- as well as two monasteries -- considered sacred by many Christians.
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The general director says that other architectural elements have been found along the processional way during construction, including wine presses, shrines, and nilometers.
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In the days and weeks that follow tragic events, archivists are faced with the task of preserving the mementos left at these shrines.
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Learn to cook, climb some trees, fight some monsters, and tackle the four shrines (bite-sized puzzle dungeons) in any order you like.
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In response, the Vatican moved Law to a position in Rome's Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the church's most prominent shrines.
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They have also stoked sectarian tension by destroying the shrines of Sufi mystics and declaring Ibadism, the sect of Libya's Berber minority, heretical.
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The boost to retail sales is now starting to spread to regional economies as more tourists visit temples and shrines in rural areas.
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Giovanni Di Martino, Praiano's mayor, said his administration had adopted the association's plan and broadened it to include the restoration of religious shrines.
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Climbing mountains, foraging for food, delving into shrines, and conquering the massive Divine Beasts; Breath of the Wild is full of unforgettable moments.
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We don't yet know how many of them are in the game, what they look like, or how exactly they differ from shrines.
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They are jammed into crowded, unsanitary conditions, coughing, sneezing and exchanging germs by licking holy shrines in hope the epidemic will spare them.
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Millions of Iranian pilgrims worship at its Shiite shrines, and Iran has invested heavily in projects to refurbish and renovate the religious sites.
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Millions of Iranian pilgrims worship at its Shiite shrines, and Iran has invested heavily in projects to refurbish and renovate the religious sites.
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Major Shiite shrines in two of the country's worst hit areas, Mashhad and Qom, have been kept open, despite calls for their closure.
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A traditional structure found in or at the entrance of Shinto shrines, the gate often serves as an entrance to a sacred space.
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"The practices at shrines include money donations, jewelry and gifts in return of a pat of blessing from the custodians," Mr. Sufi said.
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If you went to visit your family's shrines, you'd have to pass all the shelves and rooms where other people's ashes were stored.
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Ubud is a spiritual place, full of Hindu temples and shrines, traditional dance and crafts, and lush rainforest, rivers, and fields of emerald rice.
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They also regard the relatively gentle, folksy version of Islam practised by many Sunnis in Pakistan, with its Sufi shrines and saints, as blasphemous.
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The Saudi royal family, which practices an austere and conservative strand of Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism, controls Islam's holiest shrines, Mecca and Medina.
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Many grieving people feel an emotional connection to things that represent dead loved ones, such as headstones, urns and shrines, according to grief counselors.
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Their preferred man is Ebrahim Raeisi, the newly appointed head of one of Iran's most important and best-endowed shrines, Imam Reza in Mashhad.
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One line of quests tasks you with uncovering shrines (more on those later) using only lines from a poem or a riddle as guidance.
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Jerusalem — specifically its eastern Old City, home to important shrines of Judaism, Christianity and Islam — is at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Zupu were often kept in ancestral shrines (such as the one pictured, dedicated to a clan surnamed Li in the southern city of Guangzhou).
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Everything is smoothed out, half-swallowed by sand, the few remaining outcroppings of metal becoming monuments, shrines to something that is long since gone.
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And for good reason: Aside from the sculpture's impressive, glowing stature, the surrounding shrines are a great place to get lost for the afternoon.
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Sanders later joined his family, including some of his grandchildren, for a walking tour of St. Peter's Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic shrines. .
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At times, Korina's boxes resemble vernacular street shrines, adapting the theatrical manner in which nativity scenes are typically staged to depict major cosmological events.
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In the media, Iranian officials describe the fighters as "Defenders of the Holy Shrines," in reference to their role in protecting Shiite religious sites.
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A jihadist who had pleaded guilty at the International Criminal Court to destroying ancient shrines in Mali was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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The recently released "Champions' Ballad" has a solid enough premise: Revisit challenges completed by the story's lovable Champions, do some shrines, unlock a motorcycle.
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Conversely, the court has also banned illegal religious structures - be it tridents or shrines - that have mushroomed on roads, parks and other public places.
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Many joined Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines to disguise their beliefs, and some rites such as confession and communion, which require a priest, disappeared.
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They killed her four months after she ordered Indian troops to storm the Golden Temple -- one of Sikhism's holiest shrines -- to flush out separatists.
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Iraqi protesters even attacked the Iranian consulate in Karbala, a holy city with major shrines that have attracted Shiite pilgrims, including Iranians, for centuries.
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It includes the ice age quarry from which stone tools were being cut a thousand years ago, and hundreds of shrines and burial grounds.
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Glimpses of the blue sea abound, as do shrines and religious statues, peeking chipped and tarnished out of raised niches at random street corners.
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There are fewer big dungeons in the new game, and an emphasis on Link having many smaller shrines to explore, spread around the map.
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The Associated Press reported that dozens of protesters stormed the shrines, apparently emboldened by some of the country's Shia clerics who supported the protests.
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Lee's tragic story still resonates with farmers and activists around the globe, as evidenced by shrines in his honor that often appear at protests.
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They were attracted to the astonishing jumble of temples, alleys, courtyards, shrines, statuary, pagodas, friezes, vegetable-and-spice sellers, fishmongers, palaces and hashish shops.
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Here are some of the Iranian cultural sites that Trump could be threatening: Several shrines are completely covered in extremely intricate geometrical cut mirrors.
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Her treatment of home spaces as sacred stems from time spent In Shinto shrines -- she spent five years as an attendant maiden in one.
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Pictures of General Suleimani had sprung up everywhere, memorials for him went on through the night, and mosques erected small shrines in his honor.
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This also takes place en masse at shrines around Japan, and typically ends in hoards of screaming, terrified children running from demonic-looking adults.
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Now, grocery stores and shrines are my favorite places on this planet (although grocery stores are more abundant in Texas, and plane tickets aren't cheap).
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Other area shrines: Kutchan-jinja, where red, green and yellow flags line the simple wood interior; and in Niseko Town stands the small Kaributo-jinja.
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It was genuinely nice to see her finding a routine that wasn't completely soul-crushing, even as it shaped itself around shrines to the dead.
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Fans serenaded her under hotel windows, made shrines to her in their tiny lodgings, and held vigils outside her Paris apartment while she lay dying.
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Sufism transcends sectarian divides in the religion, and is loathed by Islamic fundamentalists, many of whom have attacked Sufi shrines and killed imams and worshipers.
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I loved the bite-sized shrines, and the opportunity to much more easily mix up play between exploring the world and spelunking in puzzle-boxes.
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Officials are also warning of a possible new attack by the same terrorist group targeting Sufi shrines, according to a letter obtained by the Times.
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And though dozens of shrines were toppled by the quake, there are thousands still standing—more than enough to satisfy my hunger for Buddhist temples.
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There are no flowering cherry trees, misty shrines, or snowy peaks—instead, an acid-washed whirl of neon lights, underground bars, and rain-drenched sidewalks.
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And with some churches in Europe now selling their relics collections, and shrines in other parts of the world being destroyed, there is added urgency.
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Laying bunches of white roses at makeshift shrines on the still-churned soil, they sought to comfort each other, hugging and sinking to their knees.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Age of Empires features over 160 archaeological finds, mostly from shrines and royal tombs from the Qin and Han Dynasties.
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Instead of being able to save whenever you want, you'll need to collect coins and use them to save at shrines scattered throughout the neighborhood.
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The cemetery is full of women crouched in mourning aside the colourful shrines of the town's 23 "martyrs", piled high with flowers, flags and memorabilia.
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Its fighters have destroyed Shi'ite and Sufi religious sites and attacked churches and other shrines in the parts of Iraq and Syria under their control.
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ISIS considers Sufis to be heretics, and in Syria and Iraq, they have destroyed Sufi shrines and bulldozed or dynamited the tombs of Sufi saints.
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After the 2011 revolution, when religious freedoms were relaxed, there was an upswing in ultra-conservative Salafism, which led to several stambeli shrines being vandalized.
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Second is religious tourism: Pilgrims have flooded into shrines in Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq for centuries; that travel will end for months or years.
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In Bama, once an impoverished backwater, the local government has turned centenarians into celebrities, posting their portraits on billboards and building their homes into shrines.
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In Los Angeles, many have flocked to murals that commemorate Bryant, laying flowers and posting photos of the street art that has created public shrines.
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Breath of the Wild tells you up front that Shrines — mini-dungeon puzzles that help you boost your stamina and health — are fast travel points.
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German's commitment to dynamic and sometimes riotous formal strategies expresses an amalgamation of Black femme iconography, including shrines to Serena and Venus Williams with butterflies.
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There are shrines to various touchstones of Augusta National lore and a vast, immaculate store that sells Masters merchandise, one of several on the grounds.
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The devotees were Muslims of the Barelvi sect, who generally revere shrines and follow the teachings of people they deem to be saints and mystics.
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He said that the custodians of many shrines cultivated relationships with local political figures to increase their influence and, in return for votes, receive protection.
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I returned to Lucknow, and took a cab to a warren of residential streets tucked behind the grand shrines and palaces of the old city.
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It's also a holistic destination, where people come all over the world to see healers, attend yoga and wellness retreats and visit shrines and temples.
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Now neglected and overgrown, it offers an incredible array of tombstones, statues and shrines just four miles north of downtown banks, malls and regional headquarters.
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These small tin Mexican charms historically depict body parts that could be left at shrines as a last resort to remedy the represented body part.
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"Japan pushed Koreans to assimilate, requiring them to speak Japanese, take Japanese names, and worship at Shinto shrines," writes Robert S. Boynton in the New Yorker.
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The goal is to eventually chronicle every point of interest: from gear to shrines and quest locations to boss-level threats scattered throughout the open world.
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The destruction of biblical and ancient Near Eastern ruins, prophets' graves and monasteries grab our attention more than Islamic shrines and tombs, which are mostly ignored.
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These are concerns are not unfounded: Reportedly, early construction crews were callous about to the mountain's religious and cultural significance, bulldozing family shrines and burial sites.
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Aside from shrines, temples, and high-rise pagodas, people built sacred bridges, such as the the Shinkyo Bridge in Nikko that curves over the Daiya River.
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The basilica and monastery complex dates to the 13th century, although shrines to St. Benedict and his sister had been built there since the 8th century.
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Instead of packing a dungeon full of puzzles and enemies (though the larger dungeons do exist, in limited quantity), shrines offer perfectly bite-sized dungeon puzzles.
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One of the city's best known Hindu shrines, it features a golden statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of Brahma, the Hindu god of creation.
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The Singhs' simple home in Matsudo, a suburb east of Tokyo dotted with Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, contains a blend of Sikh and Japanese motifs.
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The exhibition is intended as a kind of visual summary of archaeological findings, mostly from shrines and underground tombs of royals, from the last half-century.
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These two images coming together as one start a conversation in my mind of idolization, fan culture, relics, shrines and their relationship to consumerism and boredom.
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The Iranian narrative suggests that the Fatemiyoun Brigade is made up of pious Shia volunteers who are in Syria to protect sacred shrines against Sunni extremists.
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After independence in 1947, government-appointed boards began managing many shrines, and several states introduced laws to run temple properties, a move opposed by temple trusts.
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I learned a lot from them, like how each of the many shrines we passed had a small box containing a stamp and an ink pad.
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This feature will help in identifying the locations they haven't visited in this vast world, and may help players find those Shrines they haven't encountered yet.
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Like many towns along the coast, Praiano has a tradition of ceramic decorations, including a network of centuries-old small religious shrines made of majolica tiles.
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Prosecutors said that most of the men with whom Mr. Mahdi planned the demolition of the shrines were now dead, but they gave no further details.
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Vicente Razo's "Museo Salinas (Salinas Museum)" (1996), reminiscent of the religious shrines found throughout Mexico and the American Southwest, responds to this era with appropriate sarcasm.
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And the history here is deep: the village boasts early Macedonian shrines and later elaborate architecture when it became a thriving extension of the Roman Empire.
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Typically located at the entrance of shrines or in spots that hold special religious significance, they signal a transition from the profane world to the sacred.
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The team will continue excavating that particular area of Gebel el Silsila along the west bank of the Nile, which features a total of 32 shrines.
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Neglect is everywhere: Subsiding hillside terraces are barren of cultivation, half-finished houses point rebar at the sky, unkempt shrines commemorate lives tipped over a precipice.
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Crowds of Iranian demonstrators pushed their way into some of the country's holy shrines Monday evening after health officials ordered them closed due to coronavirus fears.
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Palestinians, for their part, want East Jerusalem - with the walled Old City at its heart, housing major Muslim, Christian and Jewish shrines - as their future capital.
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A 50-acre park in the Jianguomenwai diplomatic district, the temple was built in 1530, one of four shrines where the emperor worshiped key heavenly bodies.
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Exploring these tombs is like a mix of the shrines from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and, well, the tombs from Tomb Raider.
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At shrines and altars back home, such works have context and meaning; in the clinical setting of the museum, they seemed diminished and out of place.
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Her signature mirror mosaics — inspired by Iran's Shiite shrines and the principles of Islamic geometry that reflect a cosmic order — form the core of the exhibition.
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That has led to a rise in the number of Shiite pilgrims arriving from abroad to visit the city's sacred shrines, from Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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Free attractions include the Batu Caves, one of the most popular Hindu shrines to be found outside India, and the Bukit Bintang shopping and entertainment district.
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