Halloween MEANS 'All Hallows even'; 'hallow' meaning 'to set apart a person or thing for sacred use', or 'to hold sacred and reverence as holy', All Saints' Day, celebrated the day after, remembers those regarded as 'sanctified', or set apart as holy.
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IN THE PAST decade or so there has been a huge global development in prayer, which has involved millions of people. |
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''Militant fundamentalism has been allowed to grow and increase in influence from within Islam itself over the last 20 to 30 years. The corruption of the wealthy Gulf States and the support of the West for the State of Israel have been major factors stimulating its growth. |