Motorbikes growl and splutter as they swerve through narrow side streets. Donkeys laden with colourful fabrics bray and ...

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Re-examining the foundations of civilisation itself The muezzin summons the faithful in the hours before dawn, and is ...

Persecuted for converting to Islam in 615 CE and later emancipated, Rabah was Islam’s first ever muezzin – the official who calls the faithful to prayer. This small mosque built in his honor ...

and the muezzin calling the faithful for afternoon prayers, despite his valiant efforts, often manages to attract only a knot of old women. And for decades, Mrs. Fatty — whose age is apparent ...

They kill people. They threaten us. They make bomb sounds in the air,” he said. As Said spoke, the Muezzin call the faithful to prayer. Seconds later an Israeli fighter jet broke through the ...

Government bans assemblies in Rangamati and Khagrachhari, with stringent surveillance and patrols by law-enforcing agencies ...

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As the train rattles along, our fellow travelers gradually warm to us. The passengers we meet, including a muezzin who makes the calls to prayer at a mosque near Luxor and a young man doing his ...

In a statement, the mosque said the injured man was the muezzin, the person who makes the call to prayer, and he had been stabbed shortly after 15:00 GMT during afternoon prayer. The mosque's ...