Other officials floated the idea of a mass prayer meeting.

Mass prayers have been held since last December to protest against the policy.

Authorities fear that the mass prayer may turn into street protests.

Mass prayers and fasting were organized by different Tibetan local groups.

Mass prayers, intended for people who don't go to synagogues regularly, were scheduled.

Organizers of the breakfast promised mass prayer events statewide on Thursday.

He will lead a mass prayer and address the island's Buddhist followers during his five-day visit.

His response was to address a mass prayer meeting dressed in white priestly vestments.

He called for a mass prayer and protest in a central Baghdad square on Friday.

White lines have been painted on the streets pointing to the direction of Mecca in preparation for mass prayers.

For the poor, mass prayer gatherings and Government-sponsored political demonstrations serve as a kind of free entertainment.

"About 300 worshippers gathered inside the mosque for the Friday afternoon mass prayers.

But nothing unifies them more than the mass prayer of their religion – particularly the Friday prayer.

Thousands of members gather each Thursday for a mass prayer meeting in the area, on a disused brownfield site.

The sparkling campus gets lighted up as arrangements are made for taking Namaz and mass prayer.

People sat down for mass prayers.

“After mass prayers, the young rebels armed with machine guns fired into the air and shouted, ‘their is only one god, Allah’.

The al-Fatah mosque that minutes earlier had been the setting for peaceful mass prayers became a field hospital and morgue.

After a mass prayer, demonstrators pelted the Bush effigy with plastic water bottles and shoes.

Still, religious issues remain sensitive, and the state-controlled media has refrained from covering the mass prayer meetings.

Organisers considered holding mass prayers in the capital last week but later backed off after government forces sealed off approaches to the city.

Huge processions are taken round the township and mass prayers are held at mosques.

Although press conferences were cancelled, the Dalai Lama plans to lead a mass prayer during his visit.

Overall, some 670 were killed in the storm, and the Dalai Lama plans to lead a mass prayer ritual for them.

An estimated 30,000 people joined in a mass prayer one Friday night in June, and there are plans for a children's protest this week.