Friday prayers in the Mecca Masjid were peaceful even as the place of worship saw fewer namazis and an increase in constabulary.
On Thursday Muslim religious groups, including the Jamiat-e-Ulama Telangana Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi had urged calm, restrain and the maintaining of peace after Friday prayers. They had also urged the public not to gather for protests and return in an orderly fashion.