‘The counter argument runs that the pealing of church bells is also a call to prayer.’
...and when was the last time we heard that? The Angelus bells used to ring every day at 6 am and noon, but now there are noise ordinances that prevent it.
Religion aside, the sound of tolling church bells is much more pleasant that someone screaming in Arabic thru a loudspeaker.
Exactly. The call to prayer is meant to bring everything to a hault, to be imposing. Church bells are harmonic intervals throughout the day. There’s a pleasentness to them, even when they’re merely tolling the hours.
Fixed it. NNTTM.