Member of parliament (MP) Ameen Masoud called upon Minister of Endowments Mohammed Mokhtar Jumaa to decline the resolution to ban microphones in mosques during the “Taraweeh” prayer, the nightly prayer performed only in Ramadan. He also wondered what the real reasons behind this resolution, which is allegedly provoking the feelings of Muslims, are. Masoud demanded the minister of endowments be called in by the parliament to answer. He said to local media that “microphones are not in Islam.”Al-Eliemy accused the mosques’ microphones of causing noise pollution. Last week, the minister of endowments issued a decision banning the use of microphones in mosques during the Taraweeh prayer, stirring controversy in the parliament and among the citizenry.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 20, 2017 14:03 UTC