Sentence examples for ritual ablution from inspiring English sources

In September , 1993 in a safe house just outside Jerusalem, M. had performed ritual ablution, said his prayers, and set off on his bombing mission.

Just before the bomber sets out on his final journey, he performs a ritual ablution, puts on clean clothes, and tries to attend at least one communal prayer at a mosque.

Garbed like beings from advanced civilisations in movies, they stand before us, before getting their kit off and commencing a protracted ritual ablution that goes on for almost an hour.

Students have compared different ideas around ritual ablution and had to work together how to orient so many rooms eastwards (as seems to be the prayer orientation of so many of our communities).

On the ground level of this platform is a small pool that was used for Muslim ritual ablution.

The Muslim ritual ablution of Wudu, the Jewish Mikveh ritual bath, the Hindu ritual immersions in the River Ganges, and the Christian practice of baptism, each point to renewal, transformation, and life.

He eventually suffers a mutation while carrying out his ritual ablutions: he becomes an old woman and later renounces Judaism.

A devout, albeit very progressive Muslim, she also needed lots of washrooms to accommodate the family's ritual ablutions before prayer.

The bathroom sink was full of body hair; the bombers had shaved and performed ritual ablutions before going to their deaths.

In the centre of the eastern square stood the altar of sacrifice for burnt offerings; nearby stood a basin holding water used by the priests for ritual ablutions.

On this campus, more than 10percentt of the students are Muslims, and as part of ritual ablutions required before their five-times-a-day prayers, some were washing their feet in the sinks.