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Tears well up a child’s eyes, as Kashmiri Muslim women pray while a holy relic believed to be the hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammad is displayed by the head priest, unseen, during special prayers on the Islamic festival of Shab-e-Meraj at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, India, Thursday, July 31, 2005. Shab-e-Meraj is celebrated as the anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s ascent to heaven. (AP Photo// Mukhtar Khan)