Muslims gather at mosques for first Friday prayers since Israel-Hamas war started
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Yasir Nawaz's daughter, Amal, 4, clings to him during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Islamic Culture and Education Center in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)Muslim students gather for a Friday prayer led by Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations' Minnesota chapter, inside Grace University Lutheran Church near the University of Minnesota's campus in Minneapolis, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Indonesian Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Indonesian Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Malaysian Muslim wave Palestinian flags during a rally to show support to the Palestinian people, outside the national mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)Brahim Chakrani collects donation for Gaza following Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)Shiite Muslims take part in a demonstration against Israeli airstrikes on Gaza to show solidarity with Palestinian people, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Shiite Muslims leave a mosque after Friday prayers as they walk over the representations of Israeli and U.S. flags as a protest against Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and to show solidarity with Palestinian people, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Protesters shout anti-Israel slogans as they leave Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)People pray during a service at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge mosque on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Imam Mohamed Isbr talks during a preyer at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge mosque on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)People pray during a service at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge mosque on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)A worshiper donates money for the Palestinian people as people pray during a service at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge mosque on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Imam Sheikh David Munir, center, leads worshippers in a prayer for peace at the Central Mosque of Lisbon, in Lisbon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. The main mosque of the Portuguese Islamic community was completely full as worshippers gathered for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)Men taking part in a prayer for peace fill the patio at the Central Mosque of Lisbon, in Lisbon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. The main mosque of the Portuguese Islamic community was completely full as worshippers gathered for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)A man joins in a prayer for peace at the Central Mosque of Lisbon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. The main mosque of the Portuguese Islamic community was completely full as worshippers gathered for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)A girl lies on the floor as men pray in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)Imam Sohail Chaudhry delivers a sermon during a service, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)A man prays during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)Imam Sohail Chaudhry delivers a sermon during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)Men pray during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)Muslims pray in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)Protesters hold a Palestinian flag reading ''Al-Aqsa flood'' in Arabic, as they leave Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)People pray during a service at the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge mosque on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)Imam Sidi Mohammed Zaki, preaches in a mosque in Athens, Greece, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)Indonesian cleric Faris Jamal Baswedan delivers his speech during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)Indonesian Muslims pray for the safety of the Palestinian people during a Friday prayer at Abu Bakar Ashshiddiq Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. As violence and tensions increase in the Gaza Strip with Israeli airstrikes after an unprecedented Hamas attack, Islamic leaders in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, appealed to all mosques across the country to pray for peace and safety for the Palestinian people. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Yasir Nawaz's daughter, Amal, 4, clings to him during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at the Islamic Center of East Lansing in East Lansing, Mich. In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)