Duke University has cowered to the Duke Muslim Students Association and will chant the call, known as adhan or azan, from the Duke Chapel bell tower each Friday at 1 p.m. The Muslim adhan, or azan will be done every Friday at Duke University at Duke Chapel bell and be amplified according to WRAL:
Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant the call, known as adhan or azan, from the Duke Chapel bell tower each Friday at 1 p.m. The call to prayer will last about three minutes and be “moderately amplified,” officials said in a statement Tuesday.
“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. “The collective Muslim community is truly grateful and excited about Duke’s intentionality toward religious and cultural diversity.”
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Gee, I wonder what would happen if any Christian or Jewish student union wanted a ‘call to prayer’ if it would be allowed. I think you know the answer to this.
In majority Muslim countries across the globe, the adhan is broadcast from mosques and on television and radio stations five times a day to correspond with prayer times. On Fridays, the day of worship in Islam, sermons are also broadcast.
In the United States, amplified adhan exists in a handful of communities.