The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will disturb the neighborhood with the call to prayer.
Instead, the minaret will flash a beam of light for a couple of minutes, five times a day. Normally, the light would be green, for the color of Islam. But Marseille is a port, and green is reserved for signals to ships at sea. Red? No, the firefighters have reserved red. [NYTimes.com] Read more [via Islam in Europe]
