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Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Gomaa announced that the call to prayer will be unified across all mosques, according to the Egypt Independent<\/a>. The debate over unifying the call to prayer has been ongoing years, with politicians and members of the House of Representatives continuing to denounce the move in recent months. In other words: Don\u2019t hold your collective breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Religious Endowments Minister Mohamed Gomaa announced that the call to prayer will be unified across all mosques, according to the Egypt Independent. The debate over unifying the call to prayer has been ongoing years, with politicians and members of the House of Representatives continuing to denounce the move in recent months. 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