Sir, – It was reported in your newspaper that Dr Ali Selim, the main spokesman for the Clonskeagh mosque in Dublin, requested that RTÉ broadcast a call to prayer for the next month to mark the end of the Ramadan fasting period, each day ("RTÉ rejects Muslim scholar's appeal for daily Ramadan prayer", May 3rd).
Expressing disappointment at the decision by RTÉ, Dr Selim said: “In Muslim countries the commencement of the period of fasting and its end is marked with a prayer call chanted through loudspeakers placed on the top of the minarets. It is also aired through radio and TV channels.”
There is one minor technicality – this is not a Muslim country. – Yours, etc,
DAVID HARDING,
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Drogheda, Co Louth.