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German city allows mosques to broadcast call to Friday prayers
October 11, 2021 By Faith Matters

German city allows mosques to broadcast call to Friday prayers

The German city of Cologne will start permitting mosques to broadcast muezzin calls for prayer, the city said. The calls can be broadcast for five minutes every week for the Friday prayer around noon and audible outside the Muslim houses of prayer, city spokeswoman Katja Reuter said. Cologne mosques need to apply for a special […]

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Museum of London records call to prayer for Ramadan project
June 28, 2020 By Faith Matters

Museum of London records call to prayer for Ramadan project

The Museum of London is collecting objects to reflect how the Muslim community experienced Ramadan during lockdown. It is part of a project to reflect Londoners’ lives during the pandemic to provide a record for future generations. One strand will be Ramadan, from earlier this year, with the museum recording calls to prayer at the […]

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Indonesia: Buddhist woman imprisoned for blasphemy
August 22, 2018 By Faith Matters

Indonesia: Buddhist woman imprisoned for blasphemy

An Indonesian court sentenced a Buddhist woman to 18 months in prison for blasphemy on Tuesday, after she was accused of insulting Islam for complaining that neighbourhood mosque was too loud. Meiliana, a 44-year old ethnic Chinese Buddhist had complained the Muslim call to prayer, repeated five times a day, was being played too loudly […]

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