My Part of Nairobi

Call to prayer

I dunno how many of you live in a neighborhood where the local mosque shouts out a call to prayer several times during the day. We do.

Ritual can be good, but I must admit that I'm thankful Christianity does not call me to worship God with such an audible (and sometimes obnoxious) sound. You see, at least one of our local "callers" is quite tone deaf.

I also feel like it's a violation of everyone else's rights to have no choice about hearing the announcement. Perhaps all Muslims should be issued mobile phones (for those who don't already have them), and then they could receive a phone-call-to-prayer.