congregational prayer

Friday congregational prayers are compulsory which most of the staff also attend.

The Koran does not directly address whether women can lead congregational prayer, several scholars said.

There is also a congregational prayer to be recited.

The main activities on these special occasions are confined to congregational prayers and rituals.

The mosque was built in 1984 and is open to the non-Muslim public, except during congregational prayers.

Muslims are expected to pray five times a day and meet for congregational prayer at midday on Fridays.

It is a congregational prayer: the words are read aloud by a single person while others who are present stand in silence.

(Orthodox Jews do not permit women to lead congregational prayers.)

Midday adhan is followed by congregational prayers in the assembly hall.

Congregational prayers were long and theologically weighty.

Ḥujjat was preparing to deliver a lesson in the mosque after congregational prayers.

A female Witness minister may only lead congregational prayer and teaching in unusual circumstances, and must wear a head covering while doing so.

"Congregational Prayer and its status in Islam"

Congregational prayer is forbidden, except for the case of the Prayer for the Dead.

The ruckus at the mosque every Friday prompted scores of worshipers to defect some months back, and they now hold congregational prayers in a church.

Eiduladha Prayers 1407H was the first congregational prayer held upon its completion.

Many Jewish prayer books include supplementary romanization for some or all of the Hebrew-language congregational prayers.

A fundamental role of an imam (religious leader) in a mosque is to lead the salah (congregational prayers).

By this time, the much larger al-Hakim Mosque was completed; congregational prayers in Cairo were held there.

There was controversy after Messengers of Arms attended the congregational prayer meeting and requested the minister come and meet with them.

Since childhood, Sheikh Muhammad accompanied his father to his preaching sessions and to the mosques where he used to lead congregational prayers.

This was not the first woman-led mixed-gender congregational prayer (see the above noted events), but it was the first to gain national and international attention.

Religious education in classrooms is supplemented by congregational prayers in the school, and the holding of functions on days of religious significance.

Haredi and much of Modern Orthodox Judaism has a blanket prohibition on women leading public congregational prayers.

Friday service consists of a sermon by a minister with an invocation, but the congregational prayer of two Raka'ahs is not held.