In a historic first, the Islamic call to prayer, known as the adhan, resonated through the loudspeaker of one of New York's largest mosques on Friday. Many Muslims attending Friday prayers at the ...

Reporting from Istanbul — Five times a day, the loudspeakers affixed to the spires of some 90,000 state-run mosques crackle to life, and the Islamic call to prayer bathes the streets of Istanbul and ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Endowments announced Saturday that it has included hundreds of new mosques within the unified Adhan project in Greater Cairo. The project for unifying the Muslim call to ...

The Bosporus was shimmering in all its glory under the ripe full moon. On the other side, the monumental Blue Mosque stood with immense grandeur. Sitting in that rooftop restaurant at Istanbul that ...

Many say this is the first time Islamic countries have suspended congregational prayers Highlights In Islamic tradition, Muslims are summoned to perform five congregational prayers a day – Fajr, Dhuhr ...

What needs to be done, if the caller to prayer makes a mistake while delivering the Adhan? The mistake was adding an extra Ish-had that there is no God but Allah. What Kaffara needs to be made, if any ...

The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) on Wednesday approved a preliminary reading of a controversial bill that would ban the use of loudspeakers to amplify the Muslim call to prayer (adhan). The reading ...

Muslims eat their iftar (breaking fast) meal during Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India [Adnan Abidi/Reuters] I don’t think Richard Dawkins can help himself.

Cities exempting mosques from noise bylaws to allow the call to prayer during Ramadan have sparked a backlash in some quarters People rally against Islamophobia at a Toronto mosque in March 2019 (AFP) ...