{"id":1873,"date":"2015-11-07T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1873-call-to-prayer-banned-in-northern-cyprus\/"},"modified":"2015-11-07T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T16:30:24","slug":"call-to-prayer-banned-in-northern-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1873-call-to-prayer-banned-in-northern-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to prayer banned in Northern Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">Northern Cyprus has banned reciting the Athan<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11763\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/11\/images_2015_11_07_02-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"198\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">A court in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has banned reciting the Athan, the Muslim call to prayer.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">The local court has banned the recitation of the dawn Athan through minaret speakers on the grounds that it disturbs locals in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.<br \/> In the Lefke town of the G\u00fczelyurt district, lawyer Feza G\u00fczelo\u011flu requested a court to ban the recitation of the dawn Adhan, which is recited in the early hours of the day, through minaret speakers. 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