adhān: References & Edit History

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Expanded the history and text sections and added media. May 28, 2025
Modified link of Web site: Academia - Fiqhu MAakruhati �L-adhan: A Study of the Detetable Acts in Call to Prayer (PDF). Mar 06, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Fiqhu MAakruhati �L-adhan: A Study of the Detetable Acts in Call to Prayer (PDF). Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - The Adhan: The Islamic Call to Prayer. Aug 02, 2023
Anniversary information added. May 12, 2023
Added mention of the Shiʿi proclamation added to the recitation of the adhān: “I tesitfy that ʿAlī is the vice-regent of Allāh.” Sep 10, 2020
Add new Web site: Al-Islam.org - Tradition and Heresy in Adhan (Call to Prayer). Dec 22, 2015
Added new Web site: Looklex Encyclopaedia - Adhan. Dec 05, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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