The Spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Endowments in Egypt Osama Raslan on Friday shot down claims of an alleged ban on broadcasting the Quran for Maghrib and Fajr prayers via external loudspeakers in mosques during Ramadan.
During a phone interview on the program “al-Hekaya”, Raslan said that the regulations governing the use of external loudspeakers in mosques during Ramadan remain unchanged and have been in place for years.
These regulations prohibit the use of external loudspeakers outside of the times for the Adhan (call to prayer) and Iqamah (second call to prayer), he noted.
Raslan explained that the Taraweeh prayers in mosques will be broadcast using internal, not external, loudspeakers, which will be sufficient and audible to those praying in the mosque’s courtyard.
External loudspeakers have been a source of competition at times, he noted, especially when mosques were under the control of certain groups.
This issue is not about the number of places of worship or loudspeakers, he said, especially since these loudspeakers are used only to announce the prayer time, which is the Adhan.
