But he thought the greatest threat to society was the fact that public education had left prayer out of the classroom and continued to teach evolution, Mr. Wright said.
On Monday night, a Muslim man was attacked outside a Richardson mosque as he left prayer services, local police told VICE News.
However, the actions of many modern Christian leaders, including Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, who visited the Wall and actually left prayer messages in its crevices, has symbolized for many Christians a restoration of respect and even veneration for this ancient religious site.
BAGHDAD — A bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque in Baghdad late Saturday, killing at least 13 people who were leaving prayers and extending a daily wave of violence rippling across Iraq since the holy month of Ramadan began.
And every year on the first Friday in Lent, which coincides with Huatulco's annual market, pilgrims converge on the shrine, bringing fruit and flowers for the altar and leaving prayers and requests behind.
Security officials there said Mr. Nuri, who was related to Mr. Sadr's family by marriage, was ambushed by unknown gunmen outside his house in the Najaf neighborhood of al-Adala after leaving prayers in the nearby town of Kufa.
Outside Masjid Ar-Rehman, a mosque on 29th Street, a group of men leaving prayer services felt further compelled to disassociate Islam from the mere mention of bin Laden's name, repeating, "bin Laden is bad, bin Laden is bad".
"I left the prayers and rushed outside," he said.
The bomber struck as a crowd left morning prayers for the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Thousands of Jordanians left noon prayers to join in peaceful protests in Amman, as the opposition continued to up its demands for political reform.
