Egypt's Mufti Approves Synchronized Call to Praye

In Cairo, Egypt, controversy is arising over the traditional Islamic call to prayer which is issued five times a day through out the city from from various minarets. However, since all these calls to prayer are sent out seperately by different individuals the timing is always somewhat different for each minaret. Religious Endowments Minister Mahmoud Hamdi Zakzouk has proposed transmitting one unified call throughout the city so that they will all occur at the same time. Opponents of this plan fear that this will lead to too much standardization and even sermons will eventually become standardized. However, according to theGrand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, who is the official interpreter of Islamic law, all four schools of Islamic thought agree that this is an acceptable practice.
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