NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Unknown gunmen killed the Muezzin of a mosque in western Mosul city on Saturday.
"The Muezzin was killed when he left the mosque after he finished sunset prayers," a local police source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
| "We told him to stop whining but did he listen? NO-O-O-O-O-O-O ..." |
| That's not whining, silly, that's the call to prayer. NPR reported the other day that there were so many complaints about the muezzins in Cairo or Morocco or someplace that the government forced the worst of them to take voice lessons until they could chant in tune. It appears Iraq's music critics take a more direct approach. |
He noted that the Muezzin died instantly, while his assassins were able to escape to an unknown place after they opened fire on him. |