I have to say that I saw this same ritual on an overseas flight to Germany where these jewish men stood up with these leather bands wrapped around their wrists and what looked like blocks on their heads. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Just because someone who prays to pagan gods in certain way, then decides to pray to the true God through Christ in the same ritual that they were so ingrained from childhood, doesn't mean the person moved back to pagan gods. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Countless survivors have performed the same ritual over the past month. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)