Thursday, January 15, 2015

Duke Univ. to use campus chapel bell tower for ‘amplified’ Islamic call to prayer

Duke Univ. to use campus chapel bell tower for ‘amplified’ Islamic call to prayer:
"The Muslim Students Association at Duke University has been given permission to chant a weekly call-to-prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower, the university has announced.
The chant will take place at 1 p.m. on Fridays, announcing the association’s weekly jummah prayer service.
“The chant lasts about three minutes and will be moderately amplified,” the university said in a statement.
“The adhan is the call to prayer that brings Muslims back to their purpose in life, which is to worship God and serves as a reminder to serve our brothers and sisters in humanity,” said Imam Adeel Zeb, Muslim chaplain at Duke, on the university’s website.
“The collective Muslim community is truly grateful and excited about Duke’s intentionality toward religious and cultural diversity.”

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