mosque, he rose up from al-aqsa and went up into the seventh heaven and he spoke with moses, he spoke with jesus- these people are all invited, and we should make the point that judaism, christianity, and islam all share a great tradition. other relationship- oh, yeah, jamie, you jump in here. >> well, it's similar to what her thought was. i'm just wondering if the number five had any other special significance in the muslim religion? >> you know, i honestly don't know. seven usually comes up big in most other traditions- i'm thinking christianity. i don't know the five- well, we'll see that with the five, it corresponds to the times of the day- you know, morning, midday, late afternoon, evening- so it corresponds to actually the light; there's a wonderful sense of beauty- beauty is really important in islam. yeah? >> well, the zakat- is that how you pronounce it? >> sounds good to me. >> well, this reminds me, a couple years ago, i had to- there was a visiting professor here from egypt, and we had to type an accounting book, an islamic accounting book. so all this stuff is starting t

muslims at al-aqsa mosque and the dome of the rock will be washing their hands and feet, prostratingwards mecca, worshiping allah. jews in sacred shawls will be kissing the western wall, the last remnant of the great temple, praying devoutly. and christians may well ritually follow in the path of their savior, via del a rosa to calvary, and then the holy sepulcar. very powerful situations here, but it all comes back to our look at what do we do about our mortality. so as the poppy is a symbol of remembrance, in many ways, it also is a symbol of resurrection, of rebirth. and the religious traditions we'll see here in israel, in jerusalem, will help us in finding out exactly why it is that humans take this religious impulse and turn it into these extraordinary religious expressions. >> and that's what we saw over and over again in the holy city is the - in the muslims, in the jews, in the christians - pilgrims going to the ancient places to if not do what the great leader did, to be in the spot. the al-aqsa mosque and the dome of the rock are extraordinary places where mohammed did ama

jerusalem's old city it happened just outside the compound containing the dome of the rock and the al aqsa mosque of course are one of islam's holiest sites police used stun grenades to disperse the rock throwing rioters two people were slightly injured and one person arrested for attempting to stab a policeman as he was being taken into custody. nineteen people eighteen of them children have been killed in a landslide in southwest china they were trapped inside a school which was buried under mud and rocks the disaster also blocked the river below flooding the area and hampering rescue efforts more than eighty people in the same region have died following earthquakes and landslides in just the last month alone. in a moment to be true the business for now though the effects of the afghan war continue to ripple out far beyond its border in india entire farming communities have been devastated by the influx of cheap afghan heroin and anger over the issue is being directed at the united states which refuses to go after the drug lords for fear of driving them directly into the arms of the insu

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