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Many of the mothers stay up late with their kids, going as a family to special late-night prayers, called tarawih, at the mosque, just as they did with their parents.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
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It also said Assad's forces killed at least one man when they fired live ammunition to stop residents from marching after Ramadan prayers, known as tarawih, in the Mureijeh neighborhood of Homs, 165 km 100 miles north of the capital Damascus.
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Nightly Ramadan prayers, or 'tarawih', which follow the breaking of the fast, have given more Syrians a focus for daily protest marches against 41 years of Assad family rule over the country of 20 million, activists said.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Activists, who have posted video on YouTube instructing protesters on the plan, said they expect demonstrations to begin around 10:30 p.m., just after people gather for the tarawih, the prayer performed only in Ramadan.
NYT > Home Page By NADA BAKRI 2011
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"Demonstrations have been breaking out daily after 'tarawih' prayers following the nightly breaking of fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Deraa and the surrounding towns," Abazeid told Reuters.
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But the focus of violence in the last few days has been after tarawih prayers, said the resident.
The Guardian World News Paul Owen 2011
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On Wednesday Assad's forces killed at least seven demonstrators after tarawih prayers across the country, witnesses and rights campaigners said.
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Rumor had it that Syria's leading religious scholar, Mohamad Said Ramadan Al-Bouti, had ruled that reciting the tarawih prayer could be performed at home because of the hot weather.
NYT > Home Page By NADA BAKRI 2011
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"Demonstrations have been breaking out daily after 'tarawih' prayers following the nightly breaking of fasting during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Deraa and the surrounding towns," Abazeid told Reuters.
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Sounding as weary as the man in Hama see 10.16am, he said a member of his extended family had been shot last night after tarawih prayers, the extra prayers performed at night during Ramadan.
The Guardian World News Paul Owen 2011
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