Just in time for September 11th……
There is a separation of church and state in this country, but like our constitutional freedoms and the rule of law, this, too, is a thing of the past.
Mind you, New Yorkers have been complaining about the deafening call to prayer for some time.
Refugees from Muslim countries protest call to prayer, they had to listen to it while being tortured
The adhan, prayed in Arabic, goes like this:
Allah is greater (Allahu akbar); intoned four times.
I testify that there is no God but Allah (Ashhadu anna la ila ill Allah); intoned twice.
I testify that Mohammed is Allah’s Prophet (Ashhadu anna Muhammadan rasul Allah); intoned twice.
Come to prayer (Hayya alas salah); intoned twice.
Come to security/salvation (Hayya alal falah); intoned twice.
Allah is greater (Allahu akbar); intoned twice.
There is no God but Allah (La ilah ill Allah); intoned once.
Muslim call to prayer can now be broadcast publicly in New York City without a permit
By Karen Mathews, AP, August 29, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity.
Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.
“For too long, there has been a feeling that our communities were not allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,” Adams said. “Today, we are cutting red tape and saying clearly that mosques and houses of worship are free to amplify their call to prayer on Fridays and during Ramadan without a permit necessary.”
Flanked by Muslim leaders at a City Hall news conference, Adams said Muslim New Yorkers “will not live in the shadows of the American dream while I am the mayor of the city of New York.”
Daniel Greenfield reminds us:
This is how it got started in Dearborn, MI back in the late seventies before the city was overrun and fell.
Local residents have complained that they can hear the chants a half mile away and that the noise bothers them. One neighbor has filed a complaint against three mosque officials charging them with violating the city’s noise ordinance.
“The purpose of the call is to have the people hear it and some obey,” said Musa Jebril, one of the mosque leaders named in the suit. “If the people don’t hear it, we have no purpose of it. No one can quiet it down. No one has the authority to quiet it down.”
The mosque is located in an area that has one of the largest concentrations of Arabs in the country. The 90-second call to prayer, which Muslims refer to as the Azan, is broadcast once at 5:30 a.m., twice in the afternoon and twice in the evening.
Jebril said the Muslim faith dictates that the call be made in a prescribed hour.
“We cannot change the words,” he said. “We cannot change the time. No human being can change the time. This is appointed by our prophet, Mohammed.”
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
