Comments on: Jakarta sunrise

By: Divya

Divya — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:25:16 +0000

I mostly heard the call to prayer at dusk (in Chennai 10 yrs ago), and now every time I hear it, it brings back memories of youth, and I feel a bit sad

By: munir_jb

munir_jb — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:06:07 +0000

well, I hope you enjoy your visit in Indonesia this time ^_^. Glad to met wonderful persons from Opera yesterday…

By: Bill Lees

Bill Lees — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:54:07 +0000

Akin to the church bells pealing gently on a Sunday morning in the quaint fishing village of Birmingham.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:14:03 +0000

I agree with you.

And, on a practical note, if you’re not a muslim so not getting up for prayers, any call will disturb your sleep until you get used to it. I used to sleep through the competing calls of 5 mosques, only hearing them when I was so late back it was still the night before rather than morning. It’s a beautiful sound, I think.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:08:51 +0000

In regards to the call to prayer, I’m currently residing in Amman, Jordan where they have such a centralised call to prayer which is transmitted (somehow) to all the different mosques. Although I understand the practicality of it, I think I much prefer the traditional system of each mosque performing their own call.