Men, many of them wearing black felt taqiyahs, or prayer caps, gathered in groups to smoke cigarettes, sip hot, sweet tea and discuss plans to save their animals while women tended to children or tried to sleep, huddled together against the cold night on woven reed mats.
Hundreds of mourners in prayer caps gathered at the main mosque in Toulouse, a bustling university town which is a hub for Europe's aerospace industry including aviation manufacturer Airbus.
In villages too small or too poor to have buildings for prayer, people gather in community shelters or open areas, and would offer prayers in both faiths prior to beginning community meetings.
"Now, just 10 minutes before the call to prayer, we gather all the children into the house, because we are pretty sure there will be a firefight just as soon as the iftar starts," he added, using the Arabic word for the sunset meal.
By noon, at least 100 men and boys, some carrying prayer mats, had gathered around Mr. Ouaida's body, covering his bloodied head with a plastic sheet.
KICKING up dust in Kabul's main stadium, to a tinny background noise of Persian poetry and Muslim prayer, 10,000 Afghans gathered on August 7th for a rare glimpse of their president, Hamid Karzai.
There was a mellow sense of fellowship as the muezzin sang out his call to prayer and they gathered in ranks, about 120 of them, in the front of the hall.
Friday's violence started after the noon prayers, when thousands gathered in protest.
But he said he expected many of those gathered in prayer on the hillside may do.
The vows taken from the Book of Common Prayer explicitly include those gathered for a wedding in the ceremony.
Everyone agreed to the prayer audible and then gathered in an auditorium to eat pizza and watch Pettitte pitch.
