Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party, holds his tasbih, or prayer beads, as he sits in a helicopter on his way to a campaign rally ahead of general elections in Narowal, Pakistan July 12, 2018. Picture taken July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer 

Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party, holds his tasbih, while having tea on a plane on his way to a campaign rally ahead of general elections in Sialkot, Pakistan July 12, 2018. Picture taken July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer 

A woman adjusts her prayer beads while her daughter-in-law cooks at her house on Margalla Hills in Islamabad January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) 

A Kurdish refugee man from the Syrian town of Kobani holds prayer beads in a camp in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province October 24, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (TURKEY - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS RELIGION) 

An Afghan man prays after the morning prayers on Eid-al-Fitr outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira mosque in Kabul July 28, 2014. The Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man sits inside the Central Mosque before the start of jumat service, in Isale-Eko district in Lagos July 11, 2014. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

Prayer beads are seen hanging on a wall at the Mosque "Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib", a religious shrine of the Muslim community that was inaugurated in 1972, in Curitiba June 19, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (BRAZIL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

A man prays for good weather as he walks in the rain before presidential candidate Joko Widodo arrives at a campaign rally in Bandung, West Java, June 11, 2014. A month before Indonesia's presidential election, the two candidates traded barbs in their first televised debate on Monday, with Widodo seen faring better than former special forces general Prabowo Subianto. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) 

A demonstrator holds a cross and a Koran during a protest against ousted President Mohamed Mursi at Tahrir Square in Cairo July 4, 2013. The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was arrested by Egyptian security forces on Thursday in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president Mursi. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man holds prayer beads as he attends Eid al-Fitr prayers in Benghazi August 19, 2012. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION) 

A Palestinian man holds prayers beads as he prays next to a grave at a Muslim cemetery just outside Jerusalem's Old City on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, August 19, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION) 

A Palestinian woman holds prayers beads on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan August 17, 2012. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man makes Muslim rosaries in Treichville in Abidjan July 19, 2012.
REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A seller of Muslim religion items reads his Koran in Treichville in Abidjan July 19, 2012.
REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Kashmiri Muslim man prays as balls thrown by children are seen near him during Meeraj-un-Nabi celebrations at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar June 18, 2012. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims on Monday thronged to the Hazratbal shrine which houses what is believed to be a relic from the beard of Prophet Mohammed. The festival marks the ascension of Prophet Mohammed to Heaven. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

An investor holds the tasbeeh as he monitors electronic boards displaying stock information at the ADX Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange stock market May 16, 2012. REUTERS/Ben Job (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: BUSINESS) 

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A string of prayer beads is pictured on a prayer carpet during Friday prayers in Tehran December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: RELIGION) 

A vendor holds prayer beads for sale as he sits in a corner of Istiklal Street in downtown Istanbul November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS RELIGION) 

A man holds a prayer bead and waits for donations from pedestrians while sitting along a road in Faisalabad, located in Pakistan's Punjab province September 2, 2011. REUTERS/Fayyaz Hussain (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Prayer beads are tied up on a religious symbol near a holy shrine during the month of Ramadan in northern Tehran August 4, 2011. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man looks at a selection of prayer beads to purchase during the fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore August 4, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A man prays in his shop in Utako market on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Nigeria's capital Abuja August 1, 2011. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A Libyan woman holds prayer beads as she attends Friday prayers near the courthouse in Benghazi July 8, 2011. REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS) 

A Muslim pilgrim prays at Mount Al-Noor during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca November 11, 2010. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE: ALSO SEE GM1E6CG1S0J01. 

A vendor sells prayer beads during the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca November 9, 2010. The haj is one of the world's biggest displays of mass religious devotion and a duty for Muslims who can perform it. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A Muslim worshipper counts bead at the national mosque during Islam's holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka August 22, 2010. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A Palestinian carries a key, symbolising the keys to houses left behind by the Palestinians in 1948, during a protest in Beirut June 27, 2010. Palestinian and Lebanese civil activists converged on central Beirut on Sunday, demanding more rights for Palestinians, many of whom live in squalid refugee camps in Lebanon. REUTERS/Khalil Hassan (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A Turkish model presents an Islamic creation during the Islamic Fashion Fair in Istanbul April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: FASHION SOCIETY RELIGION) 

A Turkish model throws prayer beads towards the guests as she presents an Islamic creation during an Islamic Fashion Fair in Istanbul April 11, 2010. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: FASHION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A man sells handmade Islamic prayer beads at a roadside in Khartoum November 16, 2009. Prayer beads are referred to as Misbaha or Tasbih, and contain 99 beads which corresponds to the 99 Names of Allah. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (SUDAN RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man sells handmade Islamic prayer beads at a roadside in Khartoum November 16, 2009. Prayer beads are referred to as Misbaha or Tasbih, and contain 99 beads which corresponds to the 99 Names of Allah. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (SUDAN RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A man sells handmade Islamic prayer beads at a roadside in Khartoum November 16, 2009. Prayer beads are referred to as Misbaha or Tasbih, and contain 99 beads which corresponds to the 99 Names of Allah. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (SUDAN RELIGION SOCIETY) 

An Afghan carpenter holds his prayer beads in front of his shop in Kabul October 19, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN SOCIETY RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)For best quality see GF2E61D0D0Q01. 

A man checks prayer beads at a street stall in a local market in Lahore August 22, 2009 ahead of the Islamic month of Ramadan, which Pakistan will observe beginning Sunday. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN RELIGION SOCIETY) 

A member of Lebanon's Hezbollah Mostafa al-Dirani prays with his prayer beads at the conclusion jubilee of the First International Big Prize Festival of Islamic Resistance at an Islamic conference centre in Tehran August 14, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS RELIGION) 

Saudi citizen Mohammed Alasiri, who claims to have made the longest rosary in the world, shows his rosary in the Disabled Children's Association in Riyadh June 17, 2009. Alasiri will be listed in the Guinness world Records if his accomplishment is accepted by the organization. The rosary is about length of 150m (490 feet) and weight of 350 kg, which is made from the Romanian wood with 1500 beads. He spent about six months continuously to achieve it. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA SOCIETY) 

A Muslim man holds prayer beads during afternoon prayers ahead of Bishwa Ijtema in Dhaka January 29, 2009. The three-day long Bishwa Ijtema, Islam's second biggest pilgrimage, will begin from Friday. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH) 

Bosnian Muslims pray at a mosque in Srebrenica on the first day of Eid al-Adha December 8, 2008. Muslim survivors of the Srebrenica massacre in which Serb forces killed up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys, gathered in their deserted town to celebrate Eid al-Adha by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) 

Traders monitor stocks from the trading floor at the Doha Securities Market building in Doha October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

A Pakistani Muslim buys prayer beads during Ramadan in Lahore September 5, 2008. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza (PAKISTAN) 

An elderly Afghan man holds a rosary as he talks to Canadian soldiers from 7th Platoon, C Company, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry while they patrol a small town in the Arghandab district May 13, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews (AFGHANISTAN) 

A Palestinian inmate holds Muslim prayer beads in a prison in the West Bank city of Nablus February 11, 2008. Many of the Palestinian Authority's prisons, some dating back to the Ottoman era, were destroyed by Israel after a Palestinian uprising erupted in 2000 and peace talks broke down. The few prisons left and the dysfunctional judicial system, plagued by backlogs long before statehood talks were relaunched in November alongside the security crackdown, can't cope with the influx, Palestinian officials and their Western advisers say. Picture taken February 11, 2008. To match feature PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/PRISONS REUTERS/Eliana Aponte (WEST BANK) 

A girl stands near a damaged vehicle after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Sadr City March 28, 2008. The attack killed five persons and wounded four others, police said. U.S. forces confirmed the attack and they said it targeted four gunmen who were on a rooftop of a house in Sadr City early Friday's morning. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ) 

A Saudi trader holds prayer beads as he works at the Saudi Investment Bank in Riyadh March 18, 2008. Saudi authorities hoped that encouraging mass participation in share ownership would help distribute the wealth from the current oil boom as world prices soar. But a stock market crash in 2006 and rising inflation in recent months have spread an atmosphere of gloom among ordinary Saudis. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA) 

An elderly Turkish resident holds his tasbih, or prayer beads, in the tea room of the Victor Gollancz House Intercultural Senior Centre in Frankfurt January 31, 2008. The home has 12 of the 123 rooms occupied by Turkish immigrants. It equipped a prayer room to face Mecca, offers halal meals and holds Muslim services every Friday. Picture taken January 31, 2008. To match feature GERMANY-AGEING/IMMIGRANTS
REUTERS/Alex Grimm (GERMANY) 

An elderly Turkish resident holds his tasbih, or prayer beads, in the tea room of the Victor Gollancz House Intercultural Senior Centre in Frankfurt January 31, 2008. The home has 12 of the 123 rooms occupied by Turkish immigrants. It equipped a prayer room to face Mecca, offers halal meals and holds Muslim services every Friday. Picture taken January 31, 2008. To match feature GERMANY-AGEING/IMMIGRANTS
REUTERS/Alex Grimm (GERMANY) 

A man sells traditional prayer beads during the Eid al-Adha festival celebrations in Lagos, December 19, 2007. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA) 

Bosnian Muslims gather around big prayer beads inside a mosque in Srebrenica on the last day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan October 11, 2007. Every eleventh of the month Bosnian Muslims gather to pray for the victims of 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) 

Bosnian Muslims gather around big prayer beads inside a mosque in Srebrenica on the last day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan October 11, 2007. Every eleventh of the month Bosnian Muslims gather to pray for the victims of 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA) 

A girl prays at Al-Wehadat Palestinian refugees camp during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Amman September 24, 2007. The timing of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn until dusk, can vary in different Muslim countries depending on the sighting of the new moon, which marks the start of the month in Islam's lunar calendar. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN) 

A girl prays at Al-Wehadat Palestinian refugees camp during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Amman September 24, 2007. The timing of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn until dusk, can vary in different Muslim countries depending on the sighting of the new moon, which marks the start of the month in Islam's lunar calendar. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE ALSO SEE: GM1E57U1BSM01 

Muslim men pray during Ramadan in a mosque at Treichville in Abidjan September 19, 2007. Muslims around the world refrain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST) 

An Iranian cleric carries beads while visiting of the International Koran exhibition at Imam Khomeini grand mosque in central Tehran September 15, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

A man selects prayer beads at a roadside stall ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Karachi September 13, 2007. Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, starts in Pakistan from Friday. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein (PAKISTAN) 

A man rests with prayer beads on his face during a moulid in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Cairo August 7, 2007. Moulids are massive festivals held to celebrate the birthdays of the Prophet Mohammed's family, local saints or founders of sufi orders. Picture taken August 7, 2007. REUTERS/Amr Dalsh (EGYPT) 

An Iranian woman sits at a university as she waits for Friday prayers in Tehran June 22, 2007. A prominent Iranian cleric said on Friday the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 was "still alive" in the Islamic Republic. The comments by Ahmad Khatami at Friday prayers broadcast on state radio were the latest sign of the anger in Iran and elsewhere in the Muslim world sparked by Britain's decision to award a knighthood to Rushdie. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) 

An Iranian man holds a placard as he stands in front of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran during a rally to mark the country's national day of nuclear technology April 9, 2007. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN) 

A man fingers prayer beads on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul October 23, 2006. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN) 

An ethnic Albanian man prays during the yearly ritual slaughter of 300 lambs in a Muslim tekke (shrine) in the village of Babaj i Bokes, near Djakovica, 80km (50 miles) west of Kosovo's capital Pristina, May 6, 2005. The ritual takes place on the holiday of St George's Day. REUTERS/Hazir Reka HR/CCK/DH 

A silhouetted hand of an Iraqi man holding a rosary who watches a soccer game near the a military base in Samawa February 19, 2004. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to oppose elections in Iraq before the U.S. occupation relinquishes power on June 30 but will delay proposals on the country's immediate political future, according to U.N. REUTERS/Peter Andrews PA/ACM