1.   As a practicing Muslim, he routinely prayed five times daily for three to five minutes, facing the Islamic holy city of Mecca.

2.   El-Amin was raised in the Muslim faith and still prays five times a day.

3.   He is devoutly religious and prays several times a day.

4.   He favors elegantly tailored suits and imported silk neckties and prays five times a day.

5.   Or the time he prayed tearfully at a tomb, only to discover later that it had been the wrong one.

6.   They are studying Arabic and the Quran, making pilgrimages to Mecca with Muslim youth groups, praying five times a day in dorm rooms and chapels.

7.   It has banned women from the work force, closed schools for girls, forced men to grow beards and insisted that men pray five times a day.

8.   Those rules oblige people to pray five times a day and pay annual tithing.

9.   Today, he prays three times a day and thinks nothing of giving away money, though he is poor himself.

10.   After their release, they began to observe the Ramadan fasts and prayed five times a day.