Video summary. The Muslim prayer ritual is performed five times a day, always facing in the direction of Mecca. Twelve-year-old Kaisan demonstrates his prayer positions and describes how praying ...

In many parts of the world, Friday may simply mark the end of a busy workweek or the start of a relaxing weekend. But for ...

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History of the Muslim prayer call in the US. Generally speaking, mosques in the U.S. make the call to prayer inside the prayer space, where it is audible only to those present.

Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast from mosques five times a day.

Prayer times vary slightly between mosques and are dependent on the position of the sun. Muslims around the world have just started observing the holy month of Ramadan.

Mosques have been broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer over loudspeakers with the city's permission. That's happened before in some U.S. cities and in some parts of the city, ...