"Not the prayers, which should be in Arabic in accordance with the norms of the religion.
Signs of marital tensions may be glimpsed in surviving letters and in Johnson's prayers, which were published after his death.
There was special symbolism in the prayers, which were led by people representing different aspects of the Queen's life.
In salat, the five-times daily Muslim prayers, which entail a meditationlike centering of focus and several kneeling bows, he felt there were echoes of yogic poses.
Mr. Shashwat and his family returned to the Kedarnath shrine around 7 30 p.m. for the ritual prayers, which lasted for half an hour.
Men come at night to daven Maariv — recite the evening prayers — which can be done any time from sundown to sunrise.
But an 8 p.m. citywide curfew and constant street violence keep virtually everyone away during the dawn and evening prayers, which used to attract up to 150 people.
Mr. Simon sang "Wartime Prayers," which brings together a meandering verse and a refrain that strains (too hard, perhaps) for grandeur.
He had studied the mosque's website and timed his device to explode at 1pm during Friday prayers, which usually attracted the biggest crowd of the week.
The first bomb went off around 5 30, when 500 worshipers were at the mosque and less than two hours before evening prayers, which went ahead as scheduled.
They enable MPs to get a seat for prayers, which take place, in private, before the start of Commons business every day.
