Headed by Imam Abdul Malik, a popular African American radio presenter in Chicago, the group performed the prayers in the garden of the US Congress.
The gathering was aimed at drawing attention to religious freedoms and rising Islamophobia in the U.S.
The gathering took place by the site where U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated since 1981.
Nearly 3,000 people gathered on the west lawn of the Capitol on September 25 for Friday prayers before.
Imam Ali Jaaber of Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth N.J., the service's main organizer said during the prayer "he wanted to remind non-Muslims that we are decent Muslims. We work; we pay taxes. We are Muslims who truly love this country."
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