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It is where the Muezzin, from the word Adhan, meaning to alert or announce, would climb up to call the faithful to prayer from all around.
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The reason I believe that the Adhan is political is because the origins of it are political.
Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The Adhan is an intrusion into the sounds of the city.
Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The Adhan is an intrusion into the sounds of the city.
Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Upon the call of prayers Adhan Muslims line up in rows, and each row is as wide as the mosque and about five feet apart.
Mike Ghouse: Muslim Women And Gender Issues In Mosques Mike Ghouse 2011
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Upon the call of prayers Adhan Muslims line up in rows, and each row is as wide as the mosque and about five feet apart.
Mike Ghouse: Muslim Women And Gender Issues In Mosques Mike Ghouse 2011
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The first time Sumeyye Kalyoncu heard the Adhan – or call to prayer – through surround-sound speakers on her iPhone dock, she was overcome with nostalgia for her native Turkey.
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The latest such issue is over the Oxford Mosque asking permission to broadcast the two-minute Adhan, the traditional Muslim call to prayer, through loud speakers over the city three times a day.
Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The recitation of the Adhan follows musical roles as formal as those of Christian plainchant.
Oxford Must Reject Islamic Call To Prayer – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Ahmed whispered the Adhan, (the Muslim call to prayer) in her ear only moments after she was born.
Kari Ansari: The Promise: How Islam Found Me Kari Ansari 2010
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