Muezzin

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Jean-Léon Gérôme. A Muezzin Calling from the Top of a Minaret the Faithful to Prayer (1879)

The muezzin (Also muzim; via Turkish müezzin from Arabic: مؤذن mu’aḏḏin) is a chosen person at the mosque. He leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers (also known as the salat) from one of the mosque's minarets (in most modern mosques, electronic amplification aids the muezzins).

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