The khatib is usually the Imam (prayer leader), but the two roles can be played by different people.

Dadullah was a former prayer leader and then became a Taliban commander.

Islam does not require its prayer leaders to have a formal degree of learning in religion.

His father, who died in 1997, was a prayer leader at the local mosque.

"Any prayer leader whose views run contrary to the values of the republic will be expelled."

Subsequent court decisions on religion in public schools, had they been law then, might have taken us prayer leaders off the program.

In the Islamic world, imams are defined as prayer leaders.

Appointment of a prayer leader is considered desirable, but not always obligatory.

If he is a prayer leader, it is also a bad sign for those who appointed him.

The ministry will appoint prayer leaders to the mosques, a spokesman said.