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Unified call to prayer will be first activated in Greater Cairo
Image via Wikipedia For more than 13 decades, the call to prayer has begun five times a day via microphones attached to Egypt’s mosques. Many of muezzins (the person who recites the azan or calls to prayer) have imperfect voices thus creating a citywide cacophony while reciting the azan. Although each of the five prayers... »
14th century Cairo mosque restored
Developers unveiled the restoration of a 650-year-old mosque in Cairo’s old city, part of an effort to revitalize the impoverished district and boost tourism to the country’s treasure trove of Islamic sites. The three-year, $1.4 million project restored the Aslam al-Silahdar Mosque, built in 1344-1345 by Aslam al-Bahai, an amir or nobleman who rose to... »
Islamic monuments to reopen in Cairo
Image by future15pic via Flickr The Supreme Council of Antiquities announced the reopening of five Islamic monuments in the Al-Darb Al-Ahmar area of Cairo. The Al-Imam mosque, the Al-Layth mosque, the Al-Set Meska mosque, the Ali Labib house and the well zone of Youssef at the Salah El-Din Citadel have all been undergoing restoration work, which cost... »
The music of Islam
Image via Wikipedia “God is great. I testify there is no god but God. . . . Make haste toward prayers.” The prayer caller’s chant is heard five times a day; from birth to death it is the music of Islam, lingering in the air, reminding the faithful to prostrate themselves before God. Morsi Abdel Fattah has... »
