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muezzin
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
muezzin Person who calls Muslims to prayer. In small mosques , the call is given by the Imam . In larger mosques, a muezzin is specially appointed for that purpose.
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Power of Prayer
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
...Adhan ) is announced from a minaret or tall building by a muezzin, a crier. When the worshippers have assembled, another crier...the worshippers should be away from a city, a mosque, or a muezzin, they themselves may call out the two summons to prayer...
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Minaret
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
...with a mosque. The minaret has been used for centuries by muezzins (Arabic mu'adhdhinun, Muslim criers) for the call to daily...thin, cylindrical minarets with conical peaks. Today, the muezzin does not always climb the minaret to call for prayers; minarets...
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minaret
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
minaret Tower of a mosque from which the muezzin calls a Muslim to prayer. A mosque may have several minarets, and they vary enormously in shape and height. The earliest minarets...
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mosque
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...building's parts include a dome ; a mihrab (prayer niche), which shows the direction of Mecca ; a minaret , from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer; and a sahn (courtyard) often with a central fountain for ritual ablution. The complex often...
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Z
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...bazaar , Spanish bonanza , maize , Kongo chimpanzee , Greek horizon , German (from Italian) marzipan , Polish mazurka , Arabic muezzin , ITALIAN stanza, French (through Latin from Greek) trapeze . (3) In recent loans, z usually retains the value given...
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Youssou N'Dour
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...that marries Cuban and Latin American styles, and, as John Cho explained: "Melismatic upper-register vocals of Islamic muezzins with the accompanying Arabic modalities were introduced, resulting in a fresh harmonic mix." Mbalax features such percussive...
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African Diaspora
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...a succession of poets in pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arabia known as the “ black crows. ” One of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (c. 570-632) was an African, Bilal, who served as the first muezzin f
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Islamic liturgy
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...requires ritual cleanliness, and is preceded by ablutions. The salat is also preceded by a call to prayer announced by a muezzin. It consists of the repetition of prayer cycles ( raka ) each composed of a sequence of postures and recitation of Qur'anic...
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