Mumbai mosques turn volume down on call to prayer after Hindu’s demands
Anti-Muslim sentiments were being reported on a daily basis by Hindu extremists in India, where now Hindu extremists have demanded to turn down the volume of calls to prayers from mosques.
According to media reports, Ashfaq Kazi, the chief preacher of one of India’s largest mosques, said he had agreed to turn down the volume of call to prayer in more than 900 mosques in the western state at the request of Hindu politicians.
“The volume of our azaan (call to prayer) has become a political issue, but I don’t want it to become a community problem,” said Kazi, one of the city’s most powerful Islamic professors.
Notably, Raj Thackeray, leader of a regional Hindu party, demanded in April that mosques and others places of worship kept within allowed noise limits. If they did not, he said his followers would chant Hindu prayers outside mosques in protest.
The issue of Azaan in India has spread to other states besides Maharashtra.
