1. Some Muslims feel safe enough to chant verses of the Quran on the subway trains again. 2. The telling consists of symbolic dances and stylized movements to the haunting intonations of a flute and drums and a chorus chanting classical verse. 3. They sit on the carpet, chanting verses from the Quran, the holy book. 4. A dozen elementary school kids chanted verses from Genesis as their teacher, clad in a long gray robe and red turban, kept time with a stick. 5. A marching band played, and an imam chanted Quranic verses. 6. Four little girls released white doves into the air and a woman chanted verses from the Quran, the Muslim holy book. 7. Koranic verses were chanted during the burials, as gravediggers lowered the bodies into the graves and then filled them in with stone blocks and wet clay. 8. More Koranic verses were chanted during the burials, as gravediggers lowered the bodies into the graves and then filled them in with stone blocks and wet clay. |