The 'Muezzin Law,' which limits the noise level of the muezzin who calls Muslims to prayer five times daily, thereby disturbing the peace of citizens across the country, was brought back to the ...

“It was the week before December 25, midday on a mild Monday, and the muezzins of London were chanting the glory of Allah and how there was no other god but him…”. This is how “1985”, the prophetic ...

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The muezzin calls With regard to “Muzzling the muezzin” (Editorial, November 15), the Muslim calls to prayer are lengthy and loud, sounded five times a day, beginning at around 4 a.m. They are ...

To the editor: As The Times notes, the muezzin’s chant, “broadcast over a loudspeaker from the mosque’s minaret, is a familiar sound throughout the Islamic world, from the giant mosques of Cairo, ...

A Palestinian man prays as Israeli policemen guard during Friday prayers outside Jerusalem's Old City near the Arab East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz, Oct. 2, 2015. REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD ...

At sunup the other day, a white pigeon flew through the open window of my bathroom and settled, cooing, on the edge of the sink. A good omen, said my young translator, Ramesh. An invitation, I thought ...

A proposal to ban religious institutions from using outdoor loudspeakers, called the “muezzin bill” after the Muslim call to prayer, was authorized by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on ...

Ibrahim Masri has been the muezzin calling Muslims to prayer for nearly 15 years in an Israeli city but his voice is now being silenced because he took part in a bodybuilding contest. Israel’s ...

AFP — Ibrahim Masri has been calling Muslims to prayer for nearly 15 years in a northern Israel city but his voice is now being silenced because he took part in a bodybuilding contest. The Interior ...

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 17: An Egyptian muezzin and a Lebanese Imam, who are neighbors, were arrested for fighting with each other over some personal disputes. In a press release issued by Ministry of ...