Friday prayers
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Middle East
Hagia Sophia: Top Imam uses Ottoman’s sword during Friday sermon
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s iconic Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque reopened for worship on Friday for the first time in 86 years. Ahead of the Friday sermon, the country’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet)…
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Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens for Friday prayers
Istanbul: Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia opened its doors to Muslim worshippers for Friday prayers for the first time since the 1,500-year-old Unesco World Heritage site was converted into a mosque. “Muslims…
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Middle East
With 3 imams, 5 muezzins; Hagia Sophia ready for Friday prayers
ISTANBUL: A magnet for tourists worldwide, Hagia Sophia is ready to reopen on July 24 for the inaugural Friday prayer for the first time in 86 years in the Istanbul…
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Hyderabad News
COVID-19: Muslims urged to pray nafl namaz after Jumah prayers
Hyderabad: Quran Explorer team has requested Muslim Ummah around the world to pray 2 rakah nafl prayers after Jumah namaz every Friday in their respective countries. The team urged the…
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Mosques in Singapore partially reopen after 15-week suspension
SINGAPORE: Mosques across Singapore have partially reopened on Friday, months after they were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Muslims in the country were once again allowed to gather for…
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Singapore mosques to resume Friday prayers from June 26
SINGAPORE: Mosques across Singapore will resume Friday prayers from June 26, which will be limited to 50 people per session, it was reported on Sunday. Mosques will provide two half-hour…
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As lockdown lifts, Muslims flock to mosques for Friday prayers
Hyderabad: As restrictions are slowly lifted for places of worship in the city, Muslims today slowly returned to their local mosques to perform Friday prayers. In Telangana, all worship places located…
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Photos: Muslims observe social distancing during Friday prayers
Hyderabad: Hyderabadi Muslims offer Friday prayers in the era of social distancing as the state government announced to reopen all worship places in the state. Pictures by Mohammed Hussain
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Devotees abide by social distancing norms during Friday prayers
Hyderabad: With places of worship opening up, mosques in the city that held Friday prayers did so with social distancing guidelines in mind. Although many of the larger mosques such as…
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Jumatul Vida witnesses Muslims offering prayers at their homes
Hyderabad: Jumatul Vida prayers were not offered at any of the major mosques including Mecca Masjid and Jama Masjid in Hyderabad. The first time in 423 years of Mecca Masjid…
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Hyderabad News
Muslims stay away from mosques for Friday prayers
Hyderabad: The managements of the mosques in cooperation with the City Police observed Friday with strict implementation of social distancing. Either the mosques refrained from organizing Friday prayers or those who…
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India
Friday prayers: Coronavirus scare creates mini mosques in homes
By Kulsum Mustafa Lucknow: Coronavirus scare and 21-day lockdown imposed across India has made it mandatory for the Indian Muslims to offer the Friday prayers not in a congregation at…
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Hyderabad News
COVID-19: Hyderabad muslims offer friday prayers at homes
Hyderabad: There were apprehensions that at least a section of the Muslims would try to say the Friday prayers at the mosques thereby creating unpleasant situations. But all those apprehensions turned…
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Delhi
Only 10 devotees offer Friday prayer at historic Jama Masjid
Pragya Kaushika New Delhi: Muslim clerics called on their followers asking them to offer the Juma namaz at home and desist from visiting mosques in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.…
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Hyderabad News
Imams shorten Friday sermons; advise faithful to say namaz at home
Syed Khaled Shahbaaz and Mohammad Hussain Hyderabad: Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state, several Muslims and mosques in the city have taken a slew of measures to…
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Hyderabad News
COVID: Mosques take preventive measures ahead of Friday prayers
Syed Hurairah Hyderabad: A host of preventive measures were put in place ahead of the Friday prayers with top Muslim clerics and religious organizations pushing for a reduction of prayer…
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India
Coronavirus: Friday prayers for well being of those affected
Lucknow: Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali has appealed to Imams to pray for well being of those affected with coronavirus during the Friday prayers and also called on people to…
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India
UP: All districts on high alert ahead of Friday prayers
Lucknow: All districts in Uttar Pradesh have been put on high alert ahead of the Friday prayers on December 27 in the backdrop of ongoing protests against the amended citizenship…
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Kashmir
Prohibitory orders eased in Kashmir for Friday prayers
Srinagar: After five days, prohibitory orders in Jammu and Kashmir were eased on Friday, with schools reopening and people coming on to the roads in some areas. The restrictions are…
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Telangana
Three minor students who left for Friday prayers found dead inside pit
Nizamabad: Three minor students who had left school on the pretext of attending Friday prayers were found dead floating inside a pit in Nizamabad today. The deceased identified as Shaik…
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Kashmir
Clashes at Jamia Masjid Srinagar after Friday prayers
Srinagar: Massive clashes erupted between youth and government forces in Nowhatta downtown Srinagar after the congregational Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid. Eyewitnesses said that after the prayers were over, the…
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Srinagar: Clashes erupted in Jamia Masjid after Friday prayers
Srinagar: Massive clashes erupted between youth and forces at Jamia Masjid here in old city post-Friday prayers resulting in injuries to four persons. Reports said soon after the prayers, the…
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Kashmir
Kashmir: Jamia Masjid closed for Friday prayers, exclusive pictures
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions in Jamia Masjid Srinagar and closed it for Friday Prayers. A large number of troops were also deployed in the area to maintain Law…
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Kashmir: Protest after Friday prayers as NIA summons Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz, exclusive pictures
Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that they will continue to seek peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute and that New Delhi can’t intimidate them. Addressing the weekly…
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