Rashid wasn't influenced because he wasn't there. In Steed's words: He's he only other wizard here that we see less than you. Besides, I doubt his religious beliefs can accommodate saints.
Not really. Wali means a loyal to -in this context- God pious man, anyone can be a Wali, but it's not any sort of official position, immunity or power. While some may equate a Wali to a saint, they're not the same.
According to Wikipedia (my source on the subject, so forgive my ignorance if I'm misunderstanding) Wali are Islamic saints, which "In the traditional Islamic understanding of saints, the saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work miracles"."
Well this is the Dresdenverse. Jim pretty much laid out what a Saint was. A wizard who also happens to have devout faith. Didn't say the person needs to be a Christian. Just like a KoTC that is an Atheist or Jewish.
Did he? He has used faith magic, yes, but he didn't combine it with his normal magic that I remember.
I'm sorry, My responses are limited. You must ask the right questions.
...And so as long as men die, Liberty will never perish.
He charged up his pentacle necklace with his faith before he slung it at the Loup.Which was sorta what I was getting at, that under a suitably tortured reading, Harry could count.
The silver pentagram within the circle was the symbol of my faith, if that’s what you wanted to call it, in magic.
I wonder if Father Forthill is a Saint.