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Awqāf minister announces unified call to prayer
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
Minister of Awqāf (religious endowments) Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a and Governor of al-Jīza General Aḥmad Rāshid met leading preachers in the governorate of al-Jīza on Friday to discuss issues related to the regulation of the adhān (Muslim call for prayers).  
The controversy of the unified adhān
Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2023
The Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf (charitable endowments) recently announced that they have begun to receive applications for a number of vacancies for imāms and mosque caretakers. This comes almost a month after it announced the need to fill the posts, in what appears to be surrender to the status...
Unified calls for prayer: a cultural breakthrough or a societal controversy?
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2021
It is a fact that Cairo suffers from the overlapping sounds of mosques during prayer times especially since most mosques don’t lie that far from one another. That’s why the Ministry of  Awqāf suggested starting to unify the call for prayer [Adhān]  all around the city to minimize noise and to be a...
42- Friday preachers call on Egyptians to unify their efforts and start working.
Date of source: Saturday, June 7, 2014
Friday preachers called upon Egyptians to unify their efforts and start working. They assured of the importance of maintaining unity. 
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