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(RNS4-MAY28) Ali Colestaneh, 84, reads the Quran to his deceased wife, Monir, and sister, Iran, at the the gravesites at the Garden of Islam cemetery in Portland, Ore. “My wife’s soul can see me,” says Colestaneh. For use with RNS-BODY-WASHERS, transmitted May 28, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian.

(RNS4-MAY28) Ali Colestaneh, 84, reads the Quran to his deceased wife, Monir, and sister, Iran, at the the gravesites at the Garden of Islam cemetery in Portland, Ore. “My wife’s soul can see me,” says Colestaneh. For use with RNS-BODY-WASHERS, transmitted May 28, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian.

RNS BODY WASHERS

(RNS4-MAY28) Ali Colestaneh, 84, reads the Quran to his deceased wife, Monir, and sister, Iran, at the the gravesites at the Garden of Islam cemetery in Portland, Ore. “My wife’s soul can see me,” says Colestaneh. For use with RNS-BODY-WASHERS, transmitted May 28, 2009. Religion News Service photo by Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian.