11.   After visiting a local mosque, Mahmood Khan and some of this siblings spent Saturday evening performing a ritual washing of the bodies.

12.   All over town, citizens have been performing similar rituals.

13.   Devin says girls who band together to perform rituals are also trying to gain control of their lives.

14.   Five days a week he performed this ritual, witnessed by coach Lee Smelser, who taught a gym class in the mornings.

15.   He asked some of the women why they performed this ritual, he recalled, and they responded that it gave them meaning.

16.   He still performs a few rituals, but not nearly as many as before.

17.   He works or performs obscure rituals in large and empty landscapes beneath gray skies.

18.   If this ritual is not performed correctly, they believe the mother or baby may become very sick or even die.

19.   Millions of pilgrims -- non-Muslims are not permitted to be present -- assemble in the valley of Arafat and perform rituals of cleansing and sacrifice.