Thread: German mosque must stop broadcasting call to prayer, court finds

German mosque must stop broadcasting call to prayer, court finds

BERLIN (Reuters) - A mosque in northwest Germany may no longer broadcast its Friday midday call to prayer by loudspeaker for now after a local court upheld a challenge by a couple who live nearly 1 km (1,000 yards) away.

The Gelsenkirchen administrative court found that the town of Oer-Erkenschwick had not assessed the local Muslim community's request properly in 2013, but a court spokesman said on Friday that this did not prevent the mosque making a new application.

The local Christian couple had argued that the call to prayers violated their own religious rights.

Anti-Muslim sentiment and support for anti-immigration policies are growing in many parts of Germany after the influx of well over a million migrants from Iraq, Syria and other mostly Muslim countries, beginning in 2015.

Huseyin Turgut, a senior official with the affected mosque, said the court's decision was disappointing.

"The call to prayer lasts for two minutes, just around 1 p.m., but only on Fridays," he said. "We've never had any complaints and we have German neighbors who are much closer - just 10 meters away."

The town's administration could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mosque must stop broadcasting call to prayer, court finds...

No church should be able to do this. And they should not be in the streets blocking traffic and disrupting the public either.

I would hand out several Boom Boxes and blast Billy Idol if they did this in my neighborhood. How would they like that?

Originally Posted by Beezer

No church should be able to do this. And they should not be in the streets blocking traffic and disrupting the public either.

I would hand out several Boom Boxes and blast Billy Idol if they did this in my neighborhood. How would they like that?

Easily one of the best songs ever made

Originally Posted by Boomslang

Easily one of the best songs ever made

I blast the "Rebel Yell" to my noisy neighbors over and over again for 2 hours. They get the hint and now we don't hear a peep out of them!

Post that one...LOL

Originally Posted by Beezer

I blast the "Rebel Yell" to my noisy neighbors over and over again for 2 hours. They get the hint and now we don't hear a peep out of them!

Post that one...LOL

i know Billy, dated him when I lived in NY.

He’s a trip.

of course to call he use couple of big bullhorn. And he call for hours his fellow musilims to come pray at the mosque .