Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (itll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.
- from Obama: Man of the World by By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, The New York Times, March 6, 2007
http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=1
pa-pa-ping!