This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim ...
NEW YORK — The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity. Under the ...
The adhan, or the call to prayer, is an important reminder called from the minarets of mosques for Muslims to congregate and perform their prayers. In choosing to not call the adhan, is the Duke ...
The call to prayer rang out at 7:49 on a Saturday evening as the sky glowed pink from the setting sun. Women in hijabs and masks gazed up at the mosque as the Arabic hymn floated down: Allah is the ...
In Islam, Maghrib is a prayer performed at sunset, one of the five daily obligatory prayers for Muslims. The Maghrib adhan — the call to prayer — begins right at dusk. Muslims (and non-Muslims ...
Two weeks ago, the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan in Arabic, was broadcast from the steps of Widener Library across Harvard Yard as part of Harvard Islamic Society’s “Islam Awareness Week.” No doubt ...
Though Harvard’s trial of female-only gym hours and a broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer in Harvard Yard earlier this year grabbed the attention of the national media, members of the Princeton ...
On a typical day, the skies in Afghanistan echo with the voice of muzzin, or the person performing the adhan, an Islamic call to prayer. “Hurry to prayer” and “Hurry to salvation” are the key messages ...
The call to prayer in Islam, or adhan, as it’s known in Arabic, has come under the spotlight in South Africa. Fed up with hearing the call to prayer from a neighbouring Islamic education centre in ...