Many demonstrations occur on Fridays near mosques following noon prayers.

Such demonstrations begin with noon prayers, and usually finish in a few hours.

He urged the 1,000 people who came for the noon prayer to "preach Islam by our own behavior."

The shopkeeper came over to tell the sergeant in broken English that he must close his store for noon prayers.

The rhythm of the school day is built around the noon prayer.

He was speaking in a telephone interview after the noon prayers.

Into the blind silence, the tannoy burst with the sound of the noon prayer.

Then back to the majlis for coffee again, and home in time for noon prayers.

As many as 20,000 people demonstrated after noon prayers in southern Baghdad.

The fervor around them abated only when the the noon prayer grew close to beginning.