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Prayer Is Political

Zealots at the Gate

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The Importance of Being Around People

Prayer played an important role in the Arab Spring, says Dr. Peter Bergen. He argues that prayer can have a placebo effect on people who think it is giving them strength. The mosque has been used as a place of mobilization and counter-mobilization by security forces since 9/11., he adds.

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