unified calls to prayer
Cairo’s unified prayer call, not so unified
Egypt
August 20, 2010
Cairo’s unified prayer call, not so unified
Since 2004, the Ministry of Religious Endowments has been talking of plans to unify the call to prayer among Cairo's…
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Egypt
July 26, 2010
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq said he will not permit any political group, including the National Democratic…
Unified calls to prayer to begin this Ramadan
Egypt
July 4, 2010
Unified calls to prayer to begin this Ramadan
Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdi Zaqzouq announced on Sunday that a "unified system for calls to prayer" would be instituted…