*In the age of the stockmarket, only the one who shouts the loudest gets the attention * The adhan (bank/ call to prayer) is not some thing that have been the custom in mosques for centuries... This "shouting" is not a prayer to Allah, but the invitation of the Muslims for prayer, which is mandatory in every mosque according to a muslim's belief...
In the age of stock market, what is new is the intolerance towards such "incompatible" belief systems, that are "inferior" to more rational modernity... This is not suggest that muslims can't minimize the noise level in these calls.. Such things can be suggested in tolerant ways, rather than this secular rhetorics.. Hail those "*meditate in silence*"... There are so many impressed in such cultured ways of attaining god... Regards Afthab * * On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 6:27 PM, S sanjeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a request. > before you lodge a complaint against those poor mullahs please read Ernst > Kirchner Karel's doctoral dissertation "Kerala Sound Electricals:Amplified > Sound and Cultural Meaning in South India". (Chicago univ,2003) > PS; i wish i too had a beautiful reply just like satchidanandan's with all > those birds,trees and wonderful silences. > > > > > > --- On *Sun, 6/7/08, Subid K.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: Subid K.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [GreenYouth] sound pollution > To: "Green Youth Movement" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, 6 July, 2008, 4:50 PM > > > > Friends, > > Is there any group/people fighting against sound pollution? If yes, please > reply. http://www.keralapcb.org/statutes/noise_rule.htm#nr3 this is the > link that i got from net. It says we can complaint to authorities if the > noise level exceeds the ambient noise standards by 10 dB(A) or more given in > the table given last. I am worried more about the horns of certain vehicles > and the early morning "prayers". Like banks from mosques, why can't they > limit to one bank instead of giving it from six or seven nearby ones!? > (talking from Valanchery town) > > Subid. > > > > ------------------------------ > Not happy with your email address? > Get the one you really want <http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html> - > millions of new email addresses available now at > Yahoo! > > <http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
