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Egypt row over Facebook Muezzin call | Egypt row over Facebook Muezzin call |
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An Egyptian muezzin is facing disciplinary action for altering the words of the call to dawn prayer. | |
The country's ministry of religious affairs is taking legal action against Mahmoud al-Moghazi, the cleric of the Nile Delta town of Kafr al-Dawar. | The country's ministry of religious affairs is taking legal action against Mahmoud al-Moghazi, the cleric of the Nile Delta town of Kafr al-Dawar. |
Instead of chanting "praying is better than sleeping", the traditional call, he has been saying "praying is better than spending time on Facebook". | |
Worshippers at the Sayed Ghazi mosque have lodged complaints against him. | Worshippers at the Sayed Ghazi mosque have lodged complaints against him. |
He has been suspended pending an investigation. | He has been suspended pending an investigation. |
On a TV chat show on Sunday night, one of the worshippers came on air and accused Mr Moghazi of being a heretic. "Because of his inventiveness we have stopped praying at his mosque," the caller said. | On a TV chat show on Sunday night, one of the worshippers came on air and accused Mr Moghazi of being a heretic. "Because of his inventiveness we have stopped praying at his mosque," the caller said. |
But in response, the cleric accused the caller of not frequenting the Sayed Ghazi mosque and of being a sympathiser of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. | But in response, the cleric accused the caller of not frequenting the Sayed Ghazi mosque and of being a sympathiser of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. |
On the programme, Mr Moghazi also threatened to go on a hunger strike in protest at his suspension and appealed for President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to exonerate him. | On the programme, Mr Moghazi also threatened to go on a hunger strike in protest at his suspension and appealed for President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to exonerate him. |
The cleric said he had never used Facebook. | The cleric said he had never used Facebook. |