India News: In a show of dissent, Muslims wore black armbands during Jumma congregational prayers in several cities, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Bhopal, and Surat, as a mark of protest against the Pahalgam terror attack.

Muslims wear black armbands to Friday prayers, condemn Pahalgam attack; Owaisi blasts terrorists, Pakistan

In a bid to avoid disruption of Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramzan, the mayor of Bihar's Darbhanga issued a statement to pause the Holi celebrations. This statement by Anjum Ara has stirred controversy. India news

Mayor in India’s Bihar calls for pausing of Holi celebration during Friday prayers, gets labelled ‘traitor’

Residents in UAE observed their first working week on Friday as the country moved to Saturday-Sunday weekends. The UAE government had announced a change in the working week from January 1, 2022.

UAE residents work on a Friday for the first time; Saturday-Sunday to be weekends

Authorities in the German city of Cologne have given mosques permission to broadcast call to prayer every Friday. The decision was made after Cologne city officials and the Muslim community reached an agreement to broadcast prayers over loudspeakers on Friday afternoons.

Germany: Cologne allows mosques to broadcast call to prayer every Friday

Armed, but holy! Afghanistan observes first Friday prayers under Taliban rule

The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital, Kabul.

Taliban call on Afghan imams to urge unity at Friday prayers

After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on Friday.

Athens' first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for Friday prayers

Iran's supreme leader is expected to lead the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran on Friday, after a traumatic month in which the United States killed its top general Qasem Soleimani and the country's military accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet.

Iran's supreme leader Khamenei to lead 'prayers' amid uproar over Ukrainian plane crash 

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a Friday sermon that Islamic Republic had divine support and that Iran's missile strikes on US targets in Iraq this month delivered a "slap on the face" to the United States, reported news agency Reuters.

Iran gave US 'slap on face', calls missile strikes 'day of God': Khamenei

The first Friday congregational prayers were held peacefully at Jamia Masjid at Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar after the mosque was shut following the abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35A.

Jammu and Kashmir: First Friday prayer held at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar after Article 370 abrogation 

Six Malaysian Muslims have reportedly been handed one-month jail terms for skipping prayers in violation of Islamic laws, sparking fresh concern Wednesday about rising religious conservatism in the multi-ethnic country.

Six Malaysian Muslims handed jail terms for skipping Friday prayers

A bomb exploded in a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers (October 18) officials said, killing at least 62 people who had gathered for worship.

62 dead in Jalalabad mosque blast

Fundamentalists have been targeting Jamidha, harassing and threatening her over the phone as well as on social media for “going against Islam”

Muslim woman faces death threats for leading Friday prayers

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