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pagodas

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plural of pagoda

as in mosques

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Up until about 20 years ago, a faint trail up a steep hill through limestone-and-chalk cliffs was the only way to reach Beket-Ata, one of the sacred underground mosques—as they’re colloquially known—of Kazakhstan’s Mangystau desert.

— Avantika Chaturvedi, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2026
Houses were rebuilt over the remains of earlier houses, incorporating old walls and materials into new construction; basilicas became churches and churches became mosques; obsolete city walls and fortifications became boulevards and promenades.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

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Before they were killed, those chosen for sacrifice were taken to Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire, or to temples or oracles scattered throughout the territory.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026
Instead, temples are sacred places reserved for special ordinances.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

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Several thousand people gathered on the square to protest Israel’s actions during the 2014 Gaza war, despite the fact that French officials had banned the event after Jewish shops and synagogues in Paris were attacked in the preceding weeks.

— Maurice Samuels, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026
Blasting local officials for failing to protect synagogues and classrooms, Terrell is marching federal prosecutors and the FBI into cities like New York and Detroit to confront rising hate crimes and enforce civil rights protections.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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And around the world, wars and religious persecution have destroyed prayer books, Bibles, Qurans, Torah scrolls, statues, iconography, shrines, relics and many other materials considered venerable.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
In 2025, two scholars of religion decided to make a multiday pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail – an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples – guided by an artificial intelligence assistant.

— Shay Rabineau, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

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