He coined it "The Response" and he'll take part in an "event" at Houston's Reliant Stadium that will be equal parts call to prayer and exercise in self-denial.
The importance of self-exertion and service to humanity in one's spiritual life is emphasised further in Bahá'u'lláh's writings, where he states that work done in the spirit of service to humanity enjoys a rank equal to that of prayer and worship in the sight of God.
And Germany's most populous state helped offset a judicial ban on school prayer by announcing equal access to religion courses for Muslim students.
He had proposed numerous issues as potential rallying point -- abortion, school prayer and the Equal Rights Amendment, for example -- but had failed in every instance.
I do not know how many prayers prostrating oneself is equal to.
A conservative backlash then forced him to clarify that sex and prayers were not of equal virtue.To the delight of TV channels, the Islam and sex debate is growing noisier.
When you add prayer, faith and social support in equal measures you restore hope!" (Jean Webster, Zimbabwe Orphans through Extended Hands) .
Feeling stuck all the way over here in Sydney seeing the news just now... Sending my prayers to Ferguson and praying for an equal America.
These prayers are seen as a religious activity equal to all other activities.
