{"id":1890,"date":"2004-04-21T01:29:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-21T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2004-04-21T01:29:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-21T06:29:00","slug":"should_us_mosques_have_minarets_with_loudspeakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2004\/04\/should_us_mosques_have_minarets_with_loudspeakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims in the US: Should US Mosques have minarets with loudspeakers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altmuslim.com\/ee_images\/hamtramck_michigan.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Polish or Punjabi?<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The town of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamtramck.com%2F\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hamtramck, Michigan<\/a> has long been a magnet for immigrants.  Most of the town\u2019s residents come from Eastern Europe (mainly Poland), and two-thirds of the school children speak a language other than English at home.  But recent immigration trends (e.g. Bengali, Yemeni, Bosnian) have resulted in five mosques in the town of 23,000, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com%2Fnewsflash%2Fmichigan%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-14%2F1082514308318970.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">vigorous debate<\/a> has ensued over a proposal to allow a noise exemption for the <i>adhan<\/i> (call to prayer) to be broadcast via loudspeakers from the mosque, much like the Sunday church bells that are more common here.   \u201cMy only objection,\u201d said  Joanne Golen, 68, a lifelong resident of Hamtramck, \u201c[is] that I have to listen to a God other than the one I believe in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suntimes.com%2Foutput%2Fnews%2Fcst-nws-ham20.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">praised<\/a> five times a day.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>But despite opposition, the City Council voted unanimously to approve the extension, which is modeled after similar waivers in nearby Dearborn, where the sound of the <i>adhan<\/i> at sunset is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com%2Fnews%2Freligion%2F2004-04-19-hamtramck-islamic_x.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">more common<\/a>.  \u201cChurch bells don\u2019t turn Muslims or Jews into Christians,\u201d argued an editorial in the Detroit Free Press in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com%2Fvoices%2Feditorials%2Fecall20_20040420.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">response<\/a> to charges that allowing the call would <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theledger.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20040420%2FAPA%2F404201270\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">unfairly elevate<\/a> Islam over other religions.  \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to think the Muslim call to prayer will undermine other faiths.\u201d   City Council member <a href=\"http:\/\/www.muhajabah.com%2Fislamicblog%2Farchives%2Fveiled4allah%2F007326.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shahab Ahmed<\/a>, who attends the al-Islah masjid where that asked for the noise ordinance amendment, said he was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com%2Fnewsflash%2Fmichigan%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews-14%2F10823963484830.xml\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">surprised<\/a> the call to prayer turned into a big issue.  <\/p>\n<p>But the proposal had the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com%2Fstory%2F144%2Fstory_14459_1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">strong support<\/a> of City Council President Karen Majewski.  \u201cIt\u2019ll take people a while to get used to it,\u201d she <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C117703%2C00.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">conceded<\/a>.  \u201cBut I think in the end they\u2019ll get used to it, and it\u2019ll become one of the lovely things about Hamtramck that we\u2019re proud 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