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FAITHS

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1.   Jewish ascetics, scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls
3.   Persian god favored by Roman soldiers
5.   Avalokiteshvara/Guanyin/Kannon
8.   Constantine's order of toleration
9.   underground burial chambers
12.   ornamentation based on plant formsminaret
14.   Justinian's empress
15.   freedom from the cycle of life and death
16.   stories of Buddha's previous lives
19.   pigrimage to Mecca
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2.   site of greatest Islamic university
4.   letters written to early Christian churches
6.   mystical Islam
7.   non-human symbolism
10.   author of Confessions
11.   muezzin's calling place
13.   technique used to attain enlightenment
17.   Islamic holy law
18.   Buddhist shrine, a 3-d mandala
20.   Indian Emperor who promoted Buddhism
21.   symbolic hand gestures