Haram (site) the "ijmā‘" (, consensus of neighbors within Islam) and practice "khilâfah" (, stewardship of nature under Allah). It may or may not reflect actual means of decision making historically. As a protected and inviolate zone, "haram" is also employed referring to the consecrated space in a mosque where rituals and prayer take place: it is the prayer hall. "Ḥaram" can also mean a site of high sanctity. The two sites whose Islamic sanctity are unchallengeably the highest of all are Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca (which is called "Ḥaraman Āminan" (, "Sanctuary (which is) Secure") in the Quran (28:57; 29:67)), and
Requiem for a Nun evil deeds through suffering and the recognition of one's guilt. The word "nun" in the title refers to the character Nancy, a prostitute convicted of murder, and has been understood to carry both its Elizabethan era-slang meaning of a prostitute, and its contemporary meaning of a woman who sacrifices herself to save sinners. In Jefferson, Mississippi, Nancy Mannigoe, who was formerly employed as a nursemaid by Temple Drake Stevens (Mrs. Gowan Stevens), is found guilty of the murder of Temple's six-month-old daughter and sentenced to death. Eight years earlier, as described in "Sanctuary", Temple fell into the hands of a