Zone1 Dearborn residents raise concerns about loudspeaker used by mosque for call to prayer

[Foxfyre]

Yuk. I don't even like it, when they test the tornado sirens, every Saturday and set the dogs barking for nothing. Church noise broadcast by loud speaker across the city? No way, I would NOT put up with it.

I empathize with that, but at least that tornado siren benefits everybody, not just one small segment of society, and it's once a week instead of five times a day.

I am annoyed when that loud warning sound comes across the radio or TV to test their warning system. Especially when it interrupts a program I'm really enjoying. But again that is only occasional and potentially benefits everybody.

 

[Zincwarrior]

They are likely violating a noise ordinance.

An assumption, again without evidence. If they are violating sound ordinances the they can be prosecuted like anyone else.

 

[White 6]

I empathize with that, but at least that tornado siren benefits everybody, not just one small segment of society, and it's once a week instead of five times a day.

I am annoyed when that loud warning sound comes across the radio or TV to test their warning system. Especially when it interrupts a program I'm really enjoying. But again that is only occasional and potentially benefits everybody.

They do help and protect everybody, to be sure. We are in a reasonably active tornado area, and I have spent more than one night with police, going through structures, making sure, nobody buried or injured. Another truth regarding some of our tornado sirens, has overheating, from extended use, when strings of cell come through the county and after overheating early, failed when new threat in series occurred. Rare, but real. So, I put up with the siren echoing from the other side of the golf course, as necessary. It is loud and long, with little but a fairway in between.

 

[Foxfyre]

That must be unbearable! Totally horrible! I feel sorry for those poor residents

Reminds me of our small oil patch town in southeast New Mexico where I did most of my growing up. There were five churches in town--Baptist (the largest), Methodist, an old fashioned Church of Christ fairly closely grouped in blocks near downtown with a smaller Presbyterian church in the middle of a triangle the bigger churches formed. (The Catholic church was quite some distance away from the others.)

It started when the Methodist Church installed melodic chimes in their bell tower that sounded at noon and as a call to worship. The Baptist church, not to be outdone, installed a sound system that broadcast favorite hymns at the same time the Methodist church chimes were sounding. So the Church of Christ installed a loudspeaker on their rooftop broadcasting the pastor's sermons.

The poor little Presbyterian Church in the middle was subjected to it all with the sounds rattling their windows as were any people living and working in that area. Not sure how they resolved it but apparently they worked something out because it eventually all stopped.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

As surprising as it may be to you, due to the noise of the call to worship, up there in your state, we simply do no hear it, down here in Tennessee. So, you are right. I will do nothing. You Michigan people will just have deal with your problems, as if you lived in a normal part of the country.

When I was in Jordan, I used to listen to it. I always liked hearing it, at least in THEIR country.

 

[Woodznutz]

An assumption, again without evidence. If they are violating sound ordinances they can be prosecuted like anyone else.

Not if the Muslim mayor and city council give them a pass, citing religious and free speech rights.

 

[Lisa558]

Cell phones are so common today....why isn't there an app that can be downloaded to call Muslims to prayer by sounding a notification over their cell phone?

Or can’t they just keep a schedule?

Yom Kippur is coming up. I know what time the Kol Nidre starts the evening before….when the morning service starts….when the Yizkor Memorial Service starts….when the closing Neilah service starts….and when we can eat! Nobody is blaring a foghorn, making announcements in Hebrew, to wake the babies and scare the horses.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I haven't attended a Catholic Church that rings bell since I was a child visiting my grandparents. In those olden days, it sounded the bells on the daylight hours so people in a very small town knew the time. It was quaint and peaceful--and all appreciated it. It wasn't being done (the town grew) the last time I visited about twelve years ago. Is there a Christian church near you that rings bells as a call to worship?

I have them in my town. I like hearing them Sunday morning though I'm not of their denomination

 

[Lisa558]

I have them in my town. I like hearing them Sunday morning though I'm not of their denomination

I like them, and I’m Jewish!

 

[Lisa558]

I like Xhristmas decorations too. They’re pretty.

 

[Zebra]

in Germany we may have similar problems soon.
as yet, there are no Islamic loudspeakers.

But do.gooders now think of allowing them in Cologne

 

[Trickster]

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Why are you not bothered with the fact that Muslims sexually mutilate little girls?

Actually, Islam does not advocate FGM. That is a rite limited to (mainly) the African Horn and a tradition predating Islam.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Actually, Islam does not advocate FGM. That is a rite limited to (mainly) the African Horn and a tradition predating Islam.

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Thank you for sharing your opinion.




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[Trickster]

.Thank you for sharing your opinion.

It is not an opinion, it is a fact. I am not a fan of any religion and obviously think FGM is a gross violation of bodily autonomy. But, if we are to address the problem it has to be done properly.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Not if the Muslim mayor and city council give them a pass, citing religious and free speech rights.

So, not if the the government lets it slide, like anywhere else where they let it slide. Ok. Thats not an argument.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

It is not an opinion, it is a fact. I am not a fan of any religion and obviously think FGM is a gross violation of bodily autonomy. But, if we are to address the problem it has to be done properly.

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Thanks for sharing your opinion.






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[Woodznutz]

So, not if the the government lets it slide, like anywhere else where they let it slide. Ok. Thats not an argument.

We pretty much know what's going on there.

 

[Zebra]

OK where are all of you Leftists who mocked me when I said "Call To Prayer" is coming to America? And this raises a religious question: Why do Muslims need a loud obnoxious Call To Prayer 5 times a day when the other major religions don't?

good question!

 

[Zebra]

That must be unbearable! Totally horrible! I feel sorry for those poor residents

So do I

 

[Woodznutz]

Muslims own everything and everyone within earshot of the call to prayer. That's Islamic law.