{"id":22989,"date":"2020-04-05T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/video-covid-19-call-to-prayer-gesture-in-heart-of-europe\/"},"modified":"2020-04-05T18:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:33:43","slug":"video-covid-19-call-to-prayer-gesture-in-heart-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=22989","title":{"rendered":"Video | COVID-19: Call to prayer gesture in heart of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Adhan or call to prayer chanted from loudspeakers at mosques in Germany, Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak\/covid-19-call-to-prayer-gesture-in-heart-of-europe\/1791809\">Agencies<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Berlin: <\/strong>Nearly 100 mosques in Germany and the Netherlands on Friday rang out with the sound of the call to prayer, as a gesture of support for Muslims amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Watch Video:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=MWz1WaoOGZw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The call to prayer (adhan) was chanted from mosques belonging to the Turkish-Muslim umbrella group DITIB, and the Islamic Community National View (IGMG), one of Germany\u2019s largest Muslim-Turkish associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fahrettin Alptekin, a DITIB representative in Essen, Germany, told Anadolu Agency that the adhan could be heard from over 50 local mosques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alptekin said that adhan being broadcast by loudspeaker is generally not allowed in Germany, except for special occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Netherlands broadcasting the adhan through speakers is growing more widespread to promote solidarity against the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Italy and Spain, Germany is the country in Europe worst hit by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany&#8217;s death toll rose to 1,230 on Friday, while the Netherlands\u2019 death toll surpassed 1,487.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since appearing in Wuhan, China, last December, the novel coronavirus has spread to at least 181 countries and regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data compiled by the U.S.\u2019 Johns Hopkins University shows worldwide infections surging past 1 million, with more than 58,000 deaths. Over 225,000 people have recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adhan or call to prayer chanted from loudspeakers at mosques in Germany, Netherlands Agencies Berlin: Nearly 100 mosques in Germany and the Netherlands on Friday rang out with the sound of the call to prayer, as a gesture of support for Muslims amid the coronavirus pandemic. Watch Video: https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=MWz1WaoOGZw The call to prayer (adhan) was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}