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Egypt muezzin suspended over 'Facebook prayer call'
2015-09-01
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Egyptians in a Nile Delta province were outraged on Sunday after a holy man allegedly changed a line in the traditional Islamic call to prayer to mention Facebook.

Instead of saying "prayer is better than sleep" twice during the dawn prayer, Sheikh Mahmoud Maghazi of Beheira province allegedly said: "Prayer is better than Facebook."

The issue drew nationwide attention when he defended himself against shouted accusations on one of Egypt's most-watched television talk shows, called 10 PM.

Talk show hosts play a major role in leading public opinion in Egypt, where a quarter of the population is illiterate.

The Religious Endowments Ministry ordered an investigation after locals complained last week, senior ministry official Mohammed Abdelrazik said. That prompted Maghazi to go on hunger strike and deny that he made the reference.

"I don't know what Facebook is and I don't know how it is spelled," he swore to the silver-haired host, Wael el-Ibrashy. Maghazi went on to charge his accusers with being members of the banned Moslem Brüderbund group.

He said they were trying to remove him from the mosque because he would not allow them to hold protests and organize unlicensed Islamic lessons there.
Posted by:Fred