VC complaint on azaan: IG bans loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am

[Vikki]

Prayagraj: The Inspector General of Police, Prayagraj, has asked the district magistrate to ensure a ban on the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
This is in response to a complaint filed by Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Sangita Srivastava seeking restrictions on the use of loudspeakers, early morning in mosques.

The ban will cover use of all loudspeakers and public address systems at public places.
In a letter to the district magistrates and Senior Superintendents of Police in the four districts that fall under the Prayagraj Range, IG K.P. Singh said the officials must implement orders of the Supreme Court and the Allahabad High Court.

The letter directs the district magistrates and police chiefs to implement a ban on use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in accordance with environment laws and past court orders.
Complaint
In her complaint, Prof. Sangita Srivastava has stated that she is ‘forced to wake up too early every day’ due to ‘azaan’ being recited on a loudspeaker. This, she stated, leads to headache through the day and impacts her work.
Sangita Srivastava had sent her complaint to District Magistrate Bhanu Chandra Goswami on March 3.

In January 2020, the Allahabad High Court had ruled that no religion advocates use of loudspeakers for worship.

The petitioner had challenged an administrative order in the Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh where the use of loudspeaker for azaan had been banned.
HC verdict
The high court had said, “No religion prescribes that prayers are required to be performed through voice amplifiers or by beating of drums. If there is such a practice, it should not adversely affect the rights of others, including that of not being disturbed.”
Delivering its order, the high court cited a Supreme Court judgment from 2000 in which the court held that the freedom to practice religion was subject to public order, morality and health.

Prof. Sangita Srivastava had cited the court order in her letter.

VC complaint on azaan: IG bans loudspeakers between 10 pm and 6 am

Prayagraj: The Inspector General of Police, Prayagraj, has asked the district magistrate to ensure a ban on the use of loudspeakers between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. This is in response to a complaint filed…

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[Imran Khan]

its really good these mullahs are making so much noise pollution here in pakistan too . a single speaker is enough but they use hell of speakers like they want to awake dead one from grave to go prayer .

 

[Vikki]

Good...I wish BJP comes to power in telangana too...Aazaan has become a big nuisance even in my hometown...3 azaans at the same time in early morning...cant one azaan do the job? Really irritating, disturbing and frustrating to hear dozens of azaans from all directions.

 

[Azadkashmir]

Good...I wish BJP comes to power in telangana too...Aazaan has become a big nuisance even in my hometown...3 azaans at the same time in early morning...cant one azaan do the job? Really irritating, disturbing and frustrating to hear dozens of azaans from all directions.

the sound from azan, must be rattling the statues.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

Using loud speakers to blast out Hindi music should also be stopped during Durga Puja

 

[Raja Porus]

the sound from azan, must be rattling the statues.

buut sehm jatay hainn

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

the sound from azan, must be rattling the statues.

it rattles the sleep of those who donot want to pray

 

[Indos]

Adzan is beautiful, this will be the awaiting sounds during Ramadhan particularly around 6 PM

The Meiliana Case: How a noise complaint resulted in an 18-month jail sentence

How exactly did the case unfold from a simple noise complaint to an 18-month prison sentence?

www.thejakartapost.com

 

[Imran Khan]

its not even part of islam since the invention of loud speaker molvis said that time its haram un islamic but in recent decades its became part of mosques .

 

[jamahir]

Good...I wish BJP comes to power in telangana too...Aazaan has become a big nuisance even in my hometown...3 azaans at the same time in early morning...cant one azaan do the job? Really irritating, disturbing and frustrating to hear dozens of azaans from all directions.

Using loud speakers to blast out Hindi music should also be stopped during Durga Puja

I am sympathetic to the professor's problem with the early morning azaan, or with azaan on loudspeaker generally. But it should be a give and take. Muslims should get their azaan not on the loudspeaker but through the cell phone app called Muslim Pro which is used in Western countries including USA. In turn the Muslims now should ask the Hindus to stop bursting firecrackers during Deepawali ( Diwali ) and Dussehra, and like Juggernaut indicated, music on loudspeaker during festivals.

India really needs quiet and harmony.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

I am sympathetic to the professor's problem with the early morning azaan, or with azaan on loudspeaker generally. But it should be a give and take. Muslims should get their azaan not on the loudspeaker but through the cell phone app called Muslim Pro which is used in Western countries including USA. In turn the Muslims now should ask the Hindus to stop bursting firecrackers during Deepawali ( Diwali ) and Dussehra, and like Juggernaut indicated, music on loudspeaker during festivals.

India really needs quiet and harmony.

We are a noise making ("halla") country and people...I donot think we can make overnight change....What we can do is give a 25 year timeline where each religion is given a maximum 10 days reprieve annually to do as much halla asthey want (within limits)...THose 10 days can be spread through out the year..Like how Japanese just let themselves go with crazy human press and fighting during some specific Shinto festivals...Once a new generation has been born and reared up in relative calm, there would no more pushback when the 25 year reprieve is terminated.......


Also I would not mind a Guantanamo Bay like Holding Area on an Arabian Sea island for people who use incessant horns

 

[Vikki]

Using loud speakers to blast out Hindi music should also be stopped during Durga Puja

Definitely...no one has any right to spoil others peace of mind.

 

[jamahir]

We are a noise making ("halla") country and people

That we are.

donot think we can make overnight change....What we can do is give a 25 year timeline where each religion is given a maximum 10 days reprieve annually to do as much halla asthey want (within limits)

Bhai, "limits" is not known to lot of India's youth especially.

What we can do is give a 25 year timeline where each religion is given a maximum 10 days reprieve annually to do as much halla asthey want (within limits)...THose 10 days can be spread through out the year

Twenty five years is too much, I would say. We need an immediate solution.

About firecracker specifically this article from 2015 shows the unwise decision of the Supreme Court :

In September this year, the apex court had admitted a petition towards improving the poor air quality of Delhi. The plea was moved by three toddlers, aged between between six and 14 months, at that time.

The trio, through their advocate fathers had moved the SC, and pleaded that “our lungs have not yet fully developed and we cannot take further pollution through bursting of crackers”.

The issue of firecrackers and their impact on air quality have been raised time and again over the past few years. Delhi, in particular, has gained a notorious reputation for its heavily-polluted winters full of smog.

It has also come to the fore that some expatriates have started moving out of Delhi to safeguard the health of their children.

Data available from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee show that from 2006 onwards, the level of particulate matter in the ambient air is 8-10 times more than the safe standard.

Last year, starting two weeks before Diwali, the level of PM 2.5 (indicator of micro pollutants in the air) went up from 100 mg/m3 to 600 mg/m3. The peak level, reached on the eve of Diwali, was 10 times more than the safe standard of 60 mg/m3, as notified by the CPCB under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

The trends in air quality data show that the level of pollutants and particulate matter in the ambient air in the National Capital Region go up each year, with the bursting of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali.

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday refused to order a blanket ban on the use of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali. It also expressed its displeasure over the Centre’s failure to carry out its earlier directive to give wide publicity to the ill effects of bursting crackers and the sound and air pollution they cause.

In its earlier hearing on October 17, the SC had asked the central government to respond to its suggestion of limiting the time of bursting crackers to five hours (from 5pm to 10pm).

The government responded by saying that it does not favour a blanket ban on fireworks. It responded via an affidavit saying that there were several guidelines in place to regulate the use of fireworks, and that manufacturers had been directed to follow the guidelines for noise standards notified under The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986.

Lack of strict implementation

The guidelines have been in place for several years now, but there is a lack of strict implementation and adherence to the rules over the years.

When it comes to firecrackers, the regulations focus mainly on noise pollution alone, thus ignoring the impact of crackers on the air quality.

Like how Japanese just let themselves go with crazy human press and fighting during some specific Shinto festivals

What is this about ?

Also I would not mind a Gunatanamo Bay like Holding Area on an Arabian Sea island for people who use incessant horns

Perhaps a gold mining gulag in Siberia for general, habitual law breakers ?

 

[jamahir]

The Meiliana Case: How a noise complaint resulted in an 18-month jail sentence

How exactly did the case unfold from a simple noise complaint to an 18-month prison sentence?

www.thejakartapost.com

Nice to read this :

Executives from Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah also denounced the verdict, with NU legal division head Robikin Emhas saying that Meiliana’s statement did not constitute blasphemy.

Muhammadiyah secretary Abdul Mu’ti agreed and said there should be an in-depth study to review the blasphemy-related articles and laws, arguing that the provisions were vague and open to subjective interpretation.

Anti Discrimination Movement (Gandi) said on Thursday that Meiliana’s statement was similar to what Vice President Jusuf Kalla said in 2015. Kalla, also the chairman of the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI), criticized the overuse of mosque loudspeakers during Ramadhan that year. Therefore, the North Sumatra’s MUI should review their fatwa, said Gandi’s secretary general, Ahmad Ari Masyhuri, who is also the chairman of NU’s Quran reciters association.

A petition asking President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to free Meiliana started on Change.org on Wednesday has since garnered over 30,000 signatures.

 

[Fireurimagination]

Comparing 5 times a day to 1 day a year (with permission) is idiotic. Blocking of roads on fridays and loudspeakers between 10 pm - 6 am should be absolutely banned.