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Friday 19th of April 2024, 02:37 CET |
| Turks in Akcakoca fast again after imam's false call |
November 7, 2003
Reuters
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Posted by HW on April 19, 2024
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5 minutes early
A Muslim cleric has mistakenly forced an extra day of fasting for the Ramadan holy month on people in a Turkish town by reading the call to prayer five minutes early, officials say.
Miscalculated
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Mat, the imam in the Black Sea town of Akcakoca, apparently miscalculated the time of sundown on Thursday and read the prayer early, causing people to break fast five minutes too soon. He read it again after realising his error. |
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