Definition of "khutbah" []

• A talk or sermon delivered in mosques before the Friday prayer, or at other special occasions. (noun)

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• "Friday prayer ceremonies are the most widely attended and Friday prayer serves as a nexus between religion and politics for Muslims; preachers often use their opening sermon, called a khutbah in Arabic, to meld religion and politics to rally the faithful."
• "That way, I am not bored to sleep by (a likely wonderful) talk which I cannot understand, and I can focus on the "khutbah," during which I am supposed to pay my undivided attention."
• "We asked friends in different capitals around the Arab world to go to a neighborhood mosque to hear the khutbah this week and to report back on what they heard concerning Gaza."