Jerusalem Old City - Muezzin's call (adhan).avi

The muezzin (in Arabic: مؤذن mu'adhdhin) is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers (also known as the salat) from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, electronic amplification aids the muezzins).

The professional muezzin is chosen to serve at the mosque for his good character, voice and skills. When calling to prayer, the muezzin faces the Qiblah (direction of the Ka'bah in Mecca) while he cries out the adhan. During the prayer, the muezzin in some mosques stand on a special platform (called the müezzin mahfili in Turkish), opposite the minbar in the mosque and answer the Imam's sermons.

The institution of muezzin has existed since the time of Muhammad. The first muezzin was Bilal ibn Ribah, who walked the streets to call the believers to come to prayer. Although large parts of the custom was undecided by the death of Muhammad: Which way one should choose for the calling, where it should be performed, etc., trumpets, flags and lamps were all elements during the adhan in the place of the muezzin. The first muezzins used the roof of the mosque, or the adjacent streets, to call the followers. It is believed that the institution of the muezzin — the public crier — existed in pre-Islamic Arab culture.

The acts of the muezzin are also considered an art form, reflected in the melodious chanting of the adhan.

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[shanc1193]

I didn't know the Azan was allowed in Jerusalem...well, you learn something new everyday!

[Sheti]

Why not? In Israel the freedom is for ALL.

[ONLYHSV]

yes the freedom to be racist. the only reason they dont prohibit the adhan is because they dont want 1.6 billion muslims to get really angry. many groups even seek for the destruction of the dome of the rock...

[Sheti]

The reason is that In Israel every person is free to follow the religion that he wants.

Not in islamic countries. Only little group of extremists want destroy the Mosque, because it was built over the Jewish Temple. In compensation 1.6 billion muslims want to destroy Israel and all the Jews..

[GoodNightGoodLuck]

I dare you to prove that all 1.6 billion muslims want to destroy Israel and all the jews. Maybe that will teach you to think before writing.

[Sheti]

First: I don't need lesson from you about islam or any other religion.

Second: My affirmation was obviously a provocation about the answer of ONLYHSV.

Please avoid controversies.

[shanc1193]

Uh...because there are only a FEW terrorists in the world. Actually, there are a lot but half are not Muslim. The Tamil Tigers is the largest suicide bomber group in the world and it is Hindu. Only the Muslims are being put on the media though...

[chiddy55]

i love how cool thier religeon is lol im christian but i still think its cool

[spammerbin]

@shanc1193 You are wrong. The Tamil Tigers was the first group to use suicide bombing. It is not the largest. And it is not a Hindu group. It is a Secular group compromised of Hindus(majority) and Christians.

Search for the World's Top 100 Wanted people and you will see why Muslims are put on the media in relation to terrorism.

[tompointzero]

@Sheti No Muslim wants to destroy Yahudi's, or Bani Israel, but Zionist are different they are khazars, who have grabbed land for no reason but for wealth and fame, the jews have always been secure under muslim rule, maimoneds, rabbi mukhayriq actually died fighting alongside Muhammed in battle of Uhud (pbuh), muhammed (pbuh) said "He was the best of Jews"

[Gschuppstar1]

I heard this for the first time visiting the Old city. Youtube doesn't make it half as beautiful, but thanks for the upload.

[MrDothedutch]

@ONLYHSV

What about palestinian-arab women dating israelis? Never heard about that maybe becouse your society is racist, as jewish women actualy can date arab men altough its stornly opposed in mainstream society, they have the freedom to do so, as in the arab society when a female is dating a jew she is basically digging her own grave becouse she will het murdered for doing so. Btw: If israeli women date palestinian men, they are most likely to be assaulted by them not israelis.

[awesome220]

@NaRuToLeGnD1414 Israel. Where Arabs have more rights than they do in most other Arab Nations.

[awesome220]

@ONLYHSV Those are individual crimes carried out by individuals, not punishments metted out by the state.

[ONLYHSV]

@awesome220

for example the right to choose their husband no matter the race he belongs to?

like israeli women who have been physically assaulted by jews because they had relationships with palestinians?

israel is getting more and more fascist over the last few years. even the israeli "left" (which is by international standart more centre-right) is going crazy about the pathisrael is walking down right now.

funny isnt it? arabs democratize themselves while israelis abolish democracy...

[awesome220]

@shanc1193 tamil tigers gave up, dude.

[awesome220]

@ONLYHSV no, it is a free country. get over it. arab women get more rights in israel than they do in most arab countries.

[grail68]

Wow! I'm glad the radical right-wing government of Israel hasn't managed to stamp that out yet... not opposed to Judaism, the Jewish people or even to the state of Israel, but seriously people, we all know there's ethnic cleansing going on in East Jerusalem. Long live a free and independent Israel, and long live a free and independent Palestine! Send the settlers back to Tel Aviv!