Faith Gallery

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Lightbulbs are tested after they installed between the minarets of Suleymaniye mosque during the installation of mahya in Istanbul August 5, 2010. Mahya, where dangling lights suspended between minarets spell out devotional messages in huge letters, are intended to reward and inspire the faithful who have spent the daylight hours fasting. Today, the tradition unique to Turkey and for which Istanbul's Ottoman-era imperial mosques with their soaring minarets are ideally suited, just a handful of Istanbul's mosques use Mahya; but they are the city's grandest, and the phrases set by Turkey's directorate of religious affairs are legible from afar. Picture taken August 5, 2010. To match Reuters Life! TURKEY-RAMADAN/LIGHTS REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION)

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Buddhist monks attend an alms offering ceremony in Bangkok's shopping district May 8, 2011. Buddhist monks, numbering 12,600, according to organisers, attended the ceremony on Vesak Day, the annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. The event was organized to pay homage to the Lord Buddha and to give moral support to the Buddhist monks and novices from the troubled southern provinces of Thailand. This year marks 2600th anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) - RTR2M4P5

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An overcrowded train approaches as other passengers wait to board at a railway station in Dhaka, November 16, 2010. Millions of residents in Dhaka are travelling home from the capital city to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday on Wednesday. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)