Sentences with phrase «afternoon prayers»
"Afternoon prayers" refers to a religious ritual or practice of praying that takes place during the afternoon time of day. Full definition
That Muslim's continue to push for their rights to religion through the world and no one has a problem with turning schools into mosques for Friday afternoon prayer or other public facilities, making swimming pools available to only muslim women during certain hours to stay within their own religious beliefs.
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The air is thick with tobacco smoke and the call for afternoon prayer mystically waifs through the place from the minaret tower of the King Hussein Mosque across the street.
It was fitting that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak chose to step down on a Friday, hours after Egypt's Muslims had observed afternoon prayers.
On Saturday, July 16, 1054, as afternoon prayers were about to begin, Cardinal Humbert, legate of Pope Leo IX, strode into the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia, right up to the main altar, and placed on it a parchment that declared the Patriarch of Constantinople, Michael Cerularius, to be excommunicated.
At Park51, the site of Rauf's proposed Islamic center (pictured), Rauf and hundreds of other Muslims - including many from Masjid al - Farah - have already begun meeting for Friday afternoon prayers, called Jum» ah, on the building's ground floor.
Taj Mahal is open from sunrise to sunset (6 am to 630 pm) through the year, except for Fridays, when it is only accessible to Muslims for afternoon prayers.
Friday's afternoon prayer, or Juma'ah Salat, has special significance because it is a congregational prayer.
For three weeks, Friday afternoon prayers - the most significant prayers of the week for Muslims - have served as catalysts for the biggest anti-government demonstrations of the Egyptian uprising.
The afternoon prayer comes between midafternoon and sunset.
As we prepared for the afternoon prayer, I saw his face, and it was not the face of an eighty - year - old man in discomfort discharging a routine religious obligation.
As the Muslim population of downtown New York has shot up in recent years - especially during daytime working hours - worshippers at Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's small mosque in the city's Tribeca neighborhood found themselves stuck in lines outside the door during Friday afternoon prayers.
Friday's massive demonstrations throughout the mostly Muslim country began after the day's afternoon prayers.
The early afternoon prayer is part of the school day, and, depending upon the time of the year, the late afternoon prayer is also included.
She has seen these two in town, laid out along the steps of the warehouses near the hospital, sleeping through the hot, shuttered hours between noon and afternoon prayers; the hours which she spends collecting guavas, pomegranates, mangoes, bananas and papayas from the farms along the ditch.