DUBAI (AlArabiya.net)
A Moroccan minister has stirred controversy across the kingdom by calling for a ban on the dawn call to prayer, Quds Press news agency reported.
Nouzha Skalli, Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, said the move is in the best interest of tourism in the country, especially with mosques close to hotels and tourist areas.
She raised the issue with Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Ahmed al-Tawfiq, in a ministerial meeting at the end of March.
The head of the main opposition Justice and Development Party parliamentary bloc, Moustafa Ramid, issued a press statement calling Skalli's suggestion "faulty blabbering" and vowed to oppose the idea if she pursued it further.
"If the proposal acquires an official dimension, then she will be questioned in parliament," Ramid said.
(Translated from Arabic by Sonia Farid).
