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Lakemba Mosque in Sydney has proposed to affix four loudspeakers to its minaret to broadcast the call to prayer every week.
Lakemba Mosque in Sydney has proposed to affix four loudspeakers to its minaret to broadcast the call to prayer every week.
One of Australia’s largest mosques has submitted a formal proposal to begin broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan ...
Sydney’s Lakemba Mosque has proposed to install four loudspeakers to its minaret to broadcast the call to prayer – known as ...
For over 14 centuries, the resonant call to prayer, or adhan, has echoed from the sacred grounds of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah -- a tradition that holds deep spiritual significance for Muslims ...
The minaret here is of the standard Ottoman style save for two ... is a mobile phone base station attached to it – making calls other than those of the adhan possible for the neighborhood – the rest ...
For the purpose of the minaret is for the muezzin to call the faithful to the five daily canonical prayers with the adhan (ezan in Turkish) or “call to prayer.” This function was first carried out by ...
"As an act of remembrance and symbol of solidarity with Aotearoa New Zealand’s Muslim communities, the adhan (call to prayer) will be broadcast across the country." Community members who were ...