The muezzin (Arabic: مُؤَذِّن) is the person who proclaims the call to the daily prayer (ṣalāt) five times a day (Fajr prayer, Zuhr prayer, Asr prayer...

Müezzin is a 2009 Austrian-Turkish documentary film directed by Sebastian Brameshuber about the annual Turkish competition for the best muezzin. The film...

known in Turkish as a müezzin mahfili, is a raised platform or tribune in a mosque from which the Quran is recited and where the muezzin chants or repeats...

romanized: adhān) is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at five times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret. The...

are generally used to project the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) from a muezzin, but they also served as landmarks and symbols of Islam's presence. They...

wide variety of media. He also has stated that his main job other than a muezzin at the holy mosque is working in his self-owned business. He married 4...

the disappearance of the red twilight from the west. In a mosque, the muezzin broadcasts the call to prayer at the beginning of each interval. Because...

Bilal ibn Ribah (pictured atop the Kaaba, Mecca) was a former Ethiopian slave and the first muezzin, ca. 630....

converts to Islam were women, the poor, foreigners, and slaves like the first muezzin Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi. The Meccan elite felt Muhammad was destabilizing...

times in an Islamic institution like a mosque or a madrasa. Unlike the muezzin (reciter of the call to prayer) who was usually selected for his piety...

M. biographer David Buckley compared to Celtic folk artists and Muslim muezzin. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual aspect, often selecting album artwork...

were tasked to blower of Armageddon trumpet. Suyuti mentioned Israfil as Muezzin among angels, possessed four wings, while Suyuti also mentioned another...

different sects are found, and mosques with minarets used by the orthodox muezzin calling to prayer, and in one place veiled women are met with. These, however...

the Muslim World (PBS, 2008) Müezzin (2009), Turkish documentary about the annual Turkish competition for the best muezzin. Islamic Art: Mirror of the...

around the mihrab of the sultan's loge The muezzin's platform (müezzin mahfili) Painted decoration on the muezzin's platform The exterior of the mosque is...

prayer. It has different names in different languages. It is recited by a muezzin at defined times of the day. The call is recited loudly from the mosque...

bursars, then came the regular army (jund), then the religious corps – the muezzins, the hafidh and the hizb – followed by the archers, the conscripts, and...

Bilal Bilal Ibn Rabah, the first muezzin Pronunciation Arabic: [bɪlaːl] Gender Male Language(s) Arabic Origin Meaning "Full moon, Water, Victorious, Winner...

in this order according to certain rules prescribed by Islamic law. A Muezzin will recite a specific chant called an Adhan to call the congregation to...

known formally or informally as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, mullah, muezzin and ulema. In the Jewish tradition, a religious leader is often a rabbi...

would listen with equal respect to the ringing of temple bells and the muezzin's call from the mosque; to the Lakshmikanta Temple at Kalale he gifted four...

Kaaba in Mecca. There is the "call for prayer" (the adhan), where the muezzin calls for all the followers to stand together for the prayer. The prayer...

palace to be built greater than the king's. The next morning, when the muezzin goes for the morning call for the prayers, he sights the newly built palace...

dynasty claims descent from Lawalo, one of the sons of Bilal, the faithful muezzin of Islam's prophet Muhammad, a dubious assertion. Hunters from the Ghana...

(supererogatory prayers, performed at will). The call to prayer by the muezzin to those outside the mosque (adhan) and the call to those inside to line...

function of the minaret, which is to provide a vantage point from which the muezzin can call out people to prayer. For this purpose it was enough to ascend...

over and trampled on the altar of the Hagia Sophia. He then ordered a muezzin ascend the pulpit and sound a prayer. The Hagia Sophia was converted into...

convert a building adjoining the Wall into a mosque and to add a minaret. A muezzin was appointed to perform the Islamic call to prayer and Sufi rites directly...

refers to the highest official of religious law in some Muslim countries. Muezzin (the word is pronounced this way in Turkish, Urdu, etc.; in Arabic, it...

The adhan is required before every prayer. Nearly every mosque assigns a muezzin for each prayer to say the adhan as it is a recommended practice or Sunnah...