ACs fail to improve turnouts at mosque
There is no marked change in the number of people attending Taraweeh at the mosque after the ACs got serviced. What we see is no marked change in attendance of the pious. The case that functional air conditioning draws enough crowd appears duplicative. The prayer wholly depends upon intention. The number of the pious during the Isha prayer is essentially the same if attendance at the Fajr prayer also has not increased after servicing of the switched-off air conditioners. Devotees come solely for the prayers, not for the cold air. The unique observation at the adjacent mosque with relatively large capacity remains a glaring reality. The front two rows present their very own spectacle to behold. Every so often, a scene comes along that really embodies what it means to be devout and attend the daily five-time prayer. They did not appear to be enjoying an evident increase in fervent attendance during the ongoing holy month of Ramadan. Still, they have since become, for som...