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===Friday Prayers=== | ===Friday Prayers=== | ||
The Friday prayer (Jumu'ah) is a congregational prayer that replaces the zuhr prayer performed on the other six days of the week. It is compulsory for men to attend and has been mentioned in the Qur'an.<ref>"''O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew! And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of Allah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.''" - {{Quran-range|62|9|10}}</ref> | The Friday prayer (Jumu'ah) is a congregational prayer performed in [[mosques]] that replaces the zuhr prayer performed on the other six days of the week. It is compulsory for men to attend and has been mentioned in the Qur'an.<ref>"''O ye who believe! When the call is proclaimed to prayer on Friday (the Day of Assembly), hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah, and leave off business (and traffic): That is best for you if ye but knew! And when the Prayer is finished, then may ye disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah: and celebrate the Praises of Allah often (and without stint): that ye may prosper.''" - {{Quran-range|62|9|10}}</ref> | ||
===Attendance Rates=== | |||
====Muslim World==== | |||
Attendance is dropping in some Arab countries, principally among younger Arabs.<ref>Wassim El Kadhi (April 2009), "[http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Cross-Cultural-Destination-Image-Assessment-Wassim-El-Kadhi/9783836672238? Cross-Cultural Destination Image Assessment: Cultural Segmentation Versus the Global Tourist]", Diplomica Verlag Gmbh, | |||
ISBN 9783836672238 p.55</ref> [[Iran]] has the lowest mosque attendance of any Muslim country, with no more than 1-1½% attending Friday prayers, and a lot of those who do are "dragooned into being there."<ref>"A secular democracy-in-waiting", The Economist (print edition), January 16, 2003</ref> | |||
====Europe==== | |||
Muslims immigrants who have lived less than a year in [[Europe]] regularly go to the mosque. But after they've lived more than a year in their new homeland, the figure drops to 48.8%. More than half rarely or never go to the mosque to pray.<ref name="Aft">[{{Reference archive|1=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article3670269.ece|2=2012-11-30}} Europeiske muslimer dropper moskeen] - Aftenposten (Norwegian), May 29, 2010 ([http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/eu-muslims-go-to-mosque-less-often.html English translation])</ref> In the [[Netherlands]], mosque attendance is actually dropping faster than church attendance. In 1998, 47 percent of Muslims would attend mosque at least once a month. This figure fell by 12 percent in 2008 to only 35 percent. Whilst church attendance for Catholics fell by only 8 percent, and church attendance amongst Protestants showed no change, remaining at 63 percent.<ref>Jeroen Langelaar - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10242197/Nieuws/Nederland/Steeds-minder-Nederlanders-naar-kerk-of-moskee.htm|2=2011-07-05}} Steeds minder Nederlanders naar kerk of moskee] - Elsevier, July 29, 2009</ref> | |||
====United Kingdom==== | |||
Similarly in the United Kingdom, 48% of Muslims never attend a mosque, with another 6% only attending for special occasions rather than Friday prayers.<ref name="C4NOP">Anthony Wells - [{{Reference archive|1=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/291|2=2013-03-21}} NOP Poll of British Muslims] - UK Polling Report, August 8, 2006</ref> | |||
====United States==== | |||
According to Ahmed Nassef (cofounder and editor in chief of MuslimWakeUp.com) less than 7 percent of American Muslims attend mosque regularly (compared with 38 percent of Americans who attend church weekly).<ref>Ahmed Nassef (cofounder and editor in chief of MuslimWakeUp.com) - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0421/p09s02-coop.html|2=2012-11-30}} Listen to Muslim silent majority in US] - CSM, April 21, 2004</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||