Muezzin will not sound in Switzerland
Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz on Tuesday told voters that the muezzin, or person who calls to prayer, would not sound in Switzerland, as he campaigned against a referendum motion seeking to ban the building of minarets.
President Pervez Musharraf paused during his speech for prayer call here on Saturday.The President was delivering his inaugural address on the lawns of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation office for PTV Multan station.When he was speaking the prayer call for Zohr sounded on the loudspeaker in the nearby mosque.