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      <title>How To Develop Psychic Powers</title>
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      <views>6</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:25:42 -0800</created-at>
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        <![CDATA[Ever get the feeling you have a paranormal ability? Hone your skills with these tips.]]>
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      <title>How To Visit a Japanese Shinto Shrine</title>
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      <created-at>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:29:50 -0700</created-at>
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        <![CDATA[If you’re ever lucky enough to behold the beauty of a Japanese Shinto shrine, knowing how to pay your respects will come in handy. ]]>
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      <title>How To Awaken Chakras</title>
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      <created-at>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:53:05 -0700</created-at>
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      <username>Hilary_White</username>
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        <![CDATA[Boost the seven energy centers from the base of your spine to the top of your head for optimum health and vitality.]]>
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      <category-id>1272</category-id>
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      <title>How To Awaken Your Kundalini</title>
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      <views>48</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:48:55 -0700</created-at>
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        <![CDATA[In Hindu mythology, kundalini is a coiled serpent at the base of your spine that, when awakened, causes spiritual enlightenment.]]>
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      <category-id>1272</category-id>
      <id>259677</id>
      <title>How To Awaken the Third Eye</title>
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      <views>58</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:45:25 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>Hilary_White</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Awakening the sixth chakra – known as the third eye – also awakens your sixth sense, and unlocks psychic potential.]]>
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      <id>218061</id>
      <title>How To Pray in 4 Simple Steps.</title>
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      <views>464</views>
      <created-at>Sun, 10 May 2009 12:08:24 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>4</rating>
      <username>crazyp3t3</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Offering a prayer for the First time can be intimidating. Here are some simple guidelines to help you feel more confident as you pray.]]>
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      <title>How To Know When Your Ablution Is Nullified</title>
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      <views>186</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:06:03 -0800</created-at>
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        <![CDATA[It is Important for Muslim to know what nullifies ablution. If one’s ablution is null, he/she should avoid performing any act of worship (Ibaadah) such as prayer. ]]>
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      <title>How To Use the Toothstick or Siwak</title>
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      <views>222</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:57:23 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>Siti_Mahirah</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Siwak or toothstick refers to the cleaning of teeth using a twig or the like in order to remove an unpleasant odour in one's breath or similar, together with the intention of performing it as an act of the sunnah.]]>
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      <title>How To Enter Lavatory in Islam</title>
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      <views>293</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:45:16 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>Siti_Mahirah</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[There is a place that we will never fail to go to every single day: The toilet. 
Did you know that Islam even has etiquettes for using the lavatory?
Here's how:]]>
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      <category-id>1226</category-id>
      <id>217857</id>
      <title>How To Perfrom Dry Ablution</title>
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      <views>201</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:34:17 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>3</rating>
      <username>Siti_Mahirah</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[There will be, at one point in time when you won't have access to water to perform your ablution. But do you know that Islam provides tayamum as an alternative for ablution when water is scarce?]]>
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      <title>How To Memorize the Quran</title>
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      <views>691</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:58:56 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>duranali</username>
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        <![CDATA[Asalama Alaykum

As you have seen, memorizing the quran is really not easy one, but you should know that Allah says in the Quran

"And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?"]]>
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      <category-id>1273</category-id>
      <id>217801</id>
      <title>How To Kiki</title>
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      <views>174</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:28:55 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>0</rating>
      <username>hotgulabjamun</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[This IS about KIKI]]>
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      <category-id>1226</category-id>
      <id>217775</id>
      <title>How To Combat Extremism</title>
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      <views>84</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:51:42 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>QuilliamFoundation</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[The Quilliam Foundation is the world’s first counter-extremism think tank. Its founders are former leading ideologues of UK-based extremist Islamist organizations. It aims to counter Islamist ideology and improve Muslim integration in the UK.]]>
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      <tags>Islam, UK, usa, terror, Muslims, europe</tags>
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      <id>217471</id>
      <title>How To Celebrate the True Meaning Of Easter</title>
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      <views>379</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:45:41 -0700</created-at>
      <rating>2</rating>
      <username>tcrehan</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Marshmallow bunnies? Check! Bonnet the size of a satellite dish? Got it! Painted eggs? Hidden! Hmmm, it seems like we’re missing something…]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, religion, spirituality, religious, spiritual, christian, christianity, easter, celebrate, celebrating, true, meaning, story, jesus</tags>
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      <id>217410</id>
      <title>How To Attend a Jewish Funeral</title>
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      <views>2336</views>
      <created-at>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:40:48 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>Rosemarie_Lennon</username>
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        <![CDATA[Funerals are stressful enough without having to wonder if you’re doing and saying the right thing. So here’s a primer for Jewish funerals. ]]>
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      <id>217400</id>
      <title>How To Do the Stations Of the Cross</title>
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      <views>1723</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:27:40 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>2</rating>
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        <![CDATA[Wish you could visit Jerusalem and walk in the footsteps of Jesus as he carried his cross, from his condemnation to entombment? Your local church may offer the next best thing: a “Stations of the Cross” service that commemorates the events of his final hours.]]>
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      <tags>catholic, catholocism, christian, christianity, cross, DIY, do, Do It Yourself, doing, Essential Skills, Instructional, Learn to, pray, prayer, praying, religion, religious, spiritual, spirituality, stations, Tips, tutorial</tags>
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      <category-id>1259</category-id>
      <id>217278</id>
      <title>How To Sit Shiva</title>
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      <views>840</views>
      <created-at>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:06:37 -0800</created-at>
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        <![CDATA[In Hebrew, shiva means the number seven. It also denotes the seven-day mourning period after the burial of a close relative: spouse, parent, child, or sibling.]]>
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      <tags>death, Grief, funeral, jew, judaism, religion, Belief, dead, Rite, ceremony</tags>
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      <category-id>1289</category-id>
      <id>217231</id>
      <title>How To Wear the "Five K&#8217;s" Of Sikhism</title>
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      <views>690</views>
      <created-at>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:53:04 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>2</rating>
      <username>Helen_E_Elsom</username>
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        <![CDATA[Sikhs wear five articles of faith at all times, called the "five K’s" because their names in the Punjabi language begin with the letter K. The gender-neutral rules foster unity among Sikhs and embody the faith’s spiritual values.]]>
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      <tags>"s,K,Ks,K", DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, religion, spirituality, religious, spiritual, sikh, sikhism, five, 5, wear, wearing, faith, Five Ks, pujabi, values, tradition, traditional, clothes, clothing</tags>
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      <category-id>1226</category-id>
      <id>217211</id>
      <title>How To Practice Islam</title>
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      <views>377</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:54:22 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>1</rating>
      <username>Andrea_Useem</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[While there are denominational differences, here’s how to practice the basics and get on what Muslims call the “Straight Path.” ]]>
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      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, religion, spirituality, religious, spiritual, Islam, muslim, practice, practicing, straight, path</tags>
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      <category-id>1226</category-id>
      <id>217210</id>
      <title>How To Visit a Mosque</title>
      <type>AssignmentGuide</type>
      <views>834</views>
      <created-at>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:47:32 -0800</created-at>
      <rating>4</rating>
      <username>Andrea_Useem</username>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[Whether it’s your first time or your hundredth, visiting a mosque can be a spiritual event. Knowing and observing the basic dos and don’ts will free you up to concentrate on holier matters.]]>
      </description>
      <tags>DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, religion, spirituality, religious, spiritual, Islam, muslim, visit, visiting, go, going, mosque, etiquette</tags>
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