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What is the significance of Friday prayers in Islam?

  • Written by Rose S. Aslan, Assistant Professor of Religion, California Lutheran University
What is the significance of Friday prayers in Islam?Muslims praying in a Chicago mosque following the shooting in New Zealand, on Friday, March 15.AP Photo/Noreen Nasir

Following the terror attack on two New Zealand mosques last week, many Muslim communities across the world gathered as usual for their most important weekly ritual – Friday prayers.

In the past few years, Muslims have been...

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