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  • "The bell used to ring here, and the azzan from the mosque," said Nofah Ramah al-Dulaimi, 72, who runs a small clothing shop next to the church, referring to the Islamic call to prayer, which sounds five times a day.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • If white supremacists want to educate their kids away from the baleful effects of race-mixin ', as long as it isn't on the public tab, azzan gazzint (Yiddish I believe for "God bless 'em").

    Comments for Extra Credit atossifegiova 2010

  • Like pretty much everything in the densely populated, traffic-choked city, the call to prayer, or azzan, in Cairo is a chaotic affair of wildly different voices ringing out at different times.

    Local News RSS from The Detroit News 2010

  • Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Like pretty much everything in this densely populated, traffic-choked city, the call to prayer, or azzan, in Cairo is a chaotic affair of wildly different voices ringing out at different times.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan.

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the men who make the call or azzan.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Despite continuing debate, the Ministry of Awqaf is moving forward with plans to synchronize the azzan

    unknown title 2009

  • Despite continuing debate, the Ministry of Awqaf is moving forward with plans to synchronize the azzan

    unknown title 2009

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