Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Anger over plan to broadcast Muslim call to prayer on loudspeaker in Oxford

OxfordMuslim plans to broadcast a loudspeaker call to prayer from a city centre mosque have been attacked by local residents who say it would turn the area into a "Muslim ghetto".

Dozens of people packed out a council meeting to express their concerns over the plans for a two-minute long call to prayer to be issued three times a day, saying that it could drown out the traditional sound of church bells.

But a spokesman for the Central Mosque said that Muslim's also have the right to summon worshippers. Read more ...

Source: Daily Mail
H/T: Dhimmi Watch