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A Muslim leader has warned a councillor opposing the broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer from a Sydney mosque to “keep her mouth shut” about the highly contentious proposal. (archive.md)
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According to an acoustic consultant’s report, the sound would affect about 20 nearby homes and comply with both Canterbury-Bankstown Council requirements and the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s noise guidelines.

The report found the highest predicted noise level would be 53 decibels – roughly equivalent to the sound of a household refrigerator.

Absolutely taking the piss and who did this noise report? Who installs a bunch of speakers for it to output no louder than a refrigerator? for some reason guardian and ABC not talking about this

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[–] [S] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

tbf the only time I hear bells is the brisbane town hall for the time, outside of that church bells are very much a thing of the past for me

and I'm not entirely sure if the Church today said hey every Sunday for 15 minutes straight we're going to be ringing a bell and annoying everyone in the neighbourhood they'd get a clean pass either, we're a very different place than 100 years ago

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know where the nearest Mosque to me is, I don't get these calls. I do get bells from a couple of churches in the area, but yeah - not for 15 minutes. Do they really go that long? I can see an argument against that.

    I'd get behind a standard that outlined how long a bell/prayer call can go for and how frequent/loud it can be. Something everyone needed to abide by. Everyone. Even Mr. Whippy or anyone who wanted to make a sound above a certain level. Regulate frequency and duration for all and I'm good.

    But don't single one religion out. That's messed up.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago

    The LMA argues the impact of the broadcasts would be minimal, with the speakers to only be used for about 15 minutes at noon each Friday.

    But critics claim this would only be the start.

    🙈

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