Saturday, 04 September 2010




Filed at 9:39 a.m. ET CAIRO (AP) -- Is it even remotely feasible to get Cairo's 4,000 mosques to all sing the same tune? This is exactly what the Egypt's religious ministry is aiming to do, launching Thursday an ambitious project to, neighborhood by neighborhood, unify the timing and sound of the Islamic call to prayer across this sprawling city of 18 million. The project was originally meant to start in Cairo's northern suburbs on Wednesday, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan,...
Full Story: The New York Times



 

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