Will Muezzin Call for Prayer in Cologne?

Cologne’s non affiliated mayor, Henriette Reker, made headlines across Germany in October 2021 for granting Muslim congregations permission to call for the midday Friday prayer. The initiative is currently limited to two years. This is not the first agreement of this kind:  In the Fatih Mosque in Düren, also in North Rhine-Westphalia, the muezzin has been calling to…

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Austrian Documentary about Turkish Muezzins

In his recent documentary “Muezzin,” Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Brameshuber follows a number of Turkish muezzins during their participation in a yearly-held competition to find the best muezzin in Turkey. He interviews them on their roles as fathers and teachers, while pursuing the main question of the relationship between music and speech.

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Austrian documentary about turkish muezzins

In his recent documentary “Muezzin,” Austrian filmmaker Sebastian Brameshuber follows a number of Turkish muezzins during their participation in a yearly-held competition to find the best muezzin in Turkey. He interviews them on their roles as fathers and teachers, while pursuing the main question of the relationship between music and speech.

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    Documentary play “Radio Muezzin” censored in its homeland of Cairo, embraced by Berlin

    “Radio Muezzin,” a one-act documentary style play conceived by Swiis director Stefan Kaegi, was deemed too politically touchy an undertaking for Egyptians to embrace openly, according to the play’s promoters. While it cannot be seen in Cairo – the actual setting of the play itself – a performance was recently put on in Germany, funded…

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