The Islamic Adhan -The Emerging Icon of the 21st Century

No sound or image so captures the spirit of what Samuel Huntington of Harvard calls "The Clash of Civilizations" between Islam and the West as the adhan, the haunting daily call to prayer heard thoughout the Islamic captials of the world. The Daily Galaxy editorial staff views the adhan as the emerging icon of the 21st Century.

    Adhan is called out by the muezzin from a minaret of a mosque five times a day summoning Muslims for fard (mandatory) salah (prayers). There is a second call known as iqama that summons the faithful to line up for the beginning of the prayers.

Click on this Google Video link and listen to the call to prayer from Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Comments

[allen smith]

Please give me a physical description of God, if you can. I am not a believer but with the above requested information I may be. Thank you.

[Psych]

Mr. Smith,
The problem is just that. A physical description. What is matter? does something need to be physical to actually exist?
Before that question is answered, can you actually give yourself a physical description of your awareness or the idea that you are who you are?

It really does not matter if one is a believer or not one. As physical beings we are limited to our five senses. it is the way we have always perceived the world since we were born. Mathematics suggests the existance of multiple dimensions. possibly parallel universes. I beleieve we have to go beyond our five senses to understand such things directly or give a "physical" description of the divine. Although we can use our five senses for signs and proof that a god exists. My two cents.

[ismail najee]

plz read this site

The Existence of God
http://www.islamreligion.com/category/39/