Fireworks are seen over the main Mosque in Grozny, Chechnya on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Friday is a holiday marking the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Muslims celebrate Prophet Mohammad’s birthday all over the world every year on 12th Rabi-ul-Awal month on the Islamic calendar with traditional festivities and religious fervor. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
Naga Sadhus, or naked Hindu holy men, sit inside their tent during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The Kumbh Mela, touted as the largest religious gathering in the world, is celebrated every three years, rotating among four Indian cities. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A Hindu holy boy looks on during the month long Hindu festival Kumbh Mela, in Haridwar, India, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The festival, which is celebrated every three years, and rotates among four Indian holy cities is expected to attract more than 10 million people. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Shiite Muslim women attend the festival of Arbaeen, one of the holiest days in their religious calendar at the Imam Abbas shrine in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. A bomb planted on a parked motorcycle ripped through a crowd of Shiite pilgrims Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A Pakistani Muslim devotee smokes cigarettes as he and others gather to celebrate the annual congregation of famous saint Data Ganjbaksh, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. Thousands of people traveled from all over Pakistan to attend the celebrations. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A man emerges from cold water after plunging into an icy pond to mark the upcoming Epiphany in Kuzminki park in southeastern Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Thousands of Russian Orthodox Church followers plunged Monday into icy rivers and ponds across the country to mark the upcoming Epiphany, cleansing themselves with water deemed holy for the day. Water that is blessed by a cleric on Epiphany is considered holy and pure until next year’s celebration, and is believed to have special powers of protection and healing. The Russian Orthodox Church follows the old Julian calendar, according to which Epiphany falls on Jan. 19. Moscow temperatures on Monday morning dropped to −20° C (-4° F). (AP Photo)
Buddhist monks play with a puppy during a prayer session led by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the Rigon Thupten Mindrolling monastery in Jeerang, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Muslim pilgrims visit the Baqee cemetery where the Prophet Muhammad’s family is buried, in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. The Baqee cemetery is where the bitter rivalry between Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran gets personal. Iranians and other Shiites flock to the graves to pay respects to several revered descendants of Islam’s prophet, while Saudi soldiers and morality police try to prevent dramatic displays of fervent praying or weeping. (AP Photo)
A Buddhist monk holds a statue of Lord Buddha at Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, about 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Patna, India, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Bodh Gaya is the town where Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment after intense meditation and became the Buddha. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit Bodh Gaya to give a series of religious teachings from Jan. 5 to 9. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A Bangladeshi Shiite Muslim breathes out fire during a Muharram procession in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Muharram, the first month of the Muslim calendar is especially important for Shiites, who stage processions to mourn the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, an event that led to the split in Islam between the Shiite and Sunni sects. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura, in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves on Ashura in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Indian Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with the backdrop of Charminar monument during an Ashura procession in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
The Grand Mosque is seen from the top of al-Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam’s Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
