The earliest documented public broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer in the U.S. took place during the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.
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The celebrated South African architect Sumayya Vally is the artistic director of the exhibition.
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Why is the call to prayer in Islam sounded out loudly? How do you balance freedom of religion and imposing on the rights of others? Pasha answers these questions.
South African neighbour law also requires property owners to tolerate a degree of nuisance from their neighbours.
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A man went to court to stop the call to prayer from a neighbouring property in Durban, South Africa. Here's what happened.
Listening more deeply to what makes sounds meaningful for people within their respective contexts matters in an era of rising expressions of racism in the pandemic.
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