In the past few hours, the famous Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has sparked a controversy among the Egyptians.
He got agitated Former Minister of Antiquities A wave of questions, after talking about the call to prayer, and its negative impact on tourists in the country.
Behaviors that harm tourists
During a television interview, he said that the behavior of some Egyptians harms tourists, considering that the call to prayer should be confined within the mosque.
He explained that the reason for his request to prevent the call to prayer from being broadcast over the loudspeakers was due to a situation he was personally exposed to, when he was a guest in a hotel in preparation for a conference, when he and the tourists who were in hotel wake up with the sound of the call to prayer.
He also indicated that he heard when he was in the Luxor Governorate that the sounds of loudspeakers surrounded him from every direction, considering that any religious person is not content with disturbing others, as he described.
broad criticism
He also saw that tourists complain about the sound of the call to prayer, pointing out that everyone knows the prayer times and those who wish to perform them should go to the mosque.
However, Hawass’s speech met with some criticism on social networking sites, as some commentators felt that the call to prayer in Egypt, characterized by its many minarets, is a sign and characteristic of society, and an authentic part of it. , and therefore the tourist must accept it, as it is part of the country he is visiting.
While others have defended the archaeologist, considering that in his opinion something is true.
