it's actually a beautiful prayer. it's an invitation. you should check it out.

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Feb 23, 2017
10:34:42am

macaroni Moderator

it's actually a beautiful prayer. it's an invitation. you should check it out.

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macaroni

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If you've never spent the night in a Muslim country, you should at least once

jkccoug

2/23/17 12:49am

Cool. And stay safe.

2/23/17 12:55am

Thanks. Seen nothing so far that worries me. But I am on the Asian side in a

jkccoug

2/23/17 12:57am

It gets old after a while, but I agree that it is a cool experience, and should

2/23/17 1:21am

My wife was nervous too.

jkccoug

2/23/17 1:25am

Bah, just take your tools. 😉

OldCosmo

2/23/17 1:40am

Don't sweat instanbul. It's a great city, and safe.

macaroni

2/23/17 5:00am

We cancelled trip to Istanbul last year, wife was too nervous.Love to go someday

BYUfan92

2/23/17 7:05am

On my mission during Ramadan I lived next to a mosque

Zorbel

2/23/17 1:21am

Hard pass.

Mister P

2/23/17 5:03am

Indocoug spent 7 years living in Egypt, and lived 80 yards from a mosque for all 7 of them.

indocoug

2/23/17 6:15am

Yeah, you gotta love being told to pray... or else

CougarThug

2/23/17 6:28am

Lol. There are lots of people that don't pray in Istanbul.

RSLCoug

2/23/17 7:56am

Exactly. Most are very secular Muslims. No enforcement of religious codes

jkccoug

2/23/17 8:08am

Or else what?

j-woot

2/23/17 8:34am

Wow that's not really what they are about but okay

Zorbel

2/23/17 9:46am

it's actually a beautiful prayer. it's an invitation. you should check it out.

macaroni

2/23/17 10:34am

I agree to part of this. I think the communal nature of the call to prayer

j-woot

2/23/17 6:45am

Where?

CosmoK

2/23/17 7:00am

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

j-woot

2/23/17 7:01am

Sounds like the Tuesday devotional at BYU

Martin Van Nostrand

2/23/17 7:07am

Very true. And just like our divotionals, those that don't want to participate are not forced.

indocoug

2/23/17 7:27am

Yes Yes Yes I love the call to prayer.

TheHop

2/23/17 7:16am

My family LOVED Istanbul. We went there over Christmas back in 2011.

TheLoneCougar

2/23/17 7:39am

I was in Istanbul in Sept 2015

mncstr

2/23/17 8:51am

I am here on business and have been accompanied by Turks most of the time. But I

jkccoug

2/23/17 10:56am

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