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- noun Plural form of
azan .
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Examples
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Report lodged against Khir Toyo for stirring up 'azans'
Sassy MP 2008
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Among the Muslims, I always heard the word 'Allah' use in azans, masha Allah, innalillah, ya Allah, etc.
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Meanwhile, on the pembelamelayu blogspot, Khir was quoted on June 26 as alleging that Selangor exco and DAP leader Teresa Kok had submitted a petition to Umno's Seri Serdang state assemblyperson Satim Diman which supposedly described the azans as "disturbing the peace" of local residents.
Sassy MP 2008
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Cage of Freedom: Tamil Identity and the Ethnic Fetish in Malaysia Faulty PA system the cause of 'silent' azans
Malaysiakini 2008
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Meanwhile, on the pembelamelayu blogspot, Khir was quoted on June 26 as alleging that Selangor exco and DAP leader Teresa Kok had submitted a petition to Umno's Seri Serdang state assemblyperson Satim Diman which supposedly described the azans as
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"The issue of there being a directive against azans does not arise at all," she told reporters after lodging the police report.
Sassy MP 2008
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A blogsite has meanwhile quoted Khir on June 26 as alleging that Selangor exco and DAP leader Teresa Kok had submitted a petition to Umno's Seri Serdang state assemblyperson Mohd Satim Diman which supposedly described the azans as "disturbing the peace" of local residents in Puchong.
Sassy MP 2008
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In a Sept 9 Utusan Malaysia report, Khir was reported to have urged the opposition Pakatan Rakyat-led Selangor government not to concede to purported moves by "a certain party" to issue directions against azans made from loudspeakers of mosques in Puchong and Kota Damansara.
Sassy MP 2008
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As I scanned the three-thousand-year-old hymns, half listening to the call to prayer, the azan, which drifted over the rooftops from the nearby mosque (to the medley of other azans, all slightly out of sync), I read of the river praised by Sanskrit priests, the Indus they called 'Unconquered Sindhu', river of rivers.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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Today at 16: 37.08 (11 minutes ago) teresa got arrested based on 'unconfirmed allegation' by khir toyo that she was involved in the petition to tone down azans.
Planet Malaysia 2008
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