UN forbids use of church bells in Kosovo (because they irritate the muslims)

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[Seselj]

Priest Velimir Stojanovic, who lives with his family in the churchyard of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, told Tanjug that the Greek soldiers protecting this shrine have forbidden the use of the church bells.

"Representatives of KFOR introduced this ban with the explanation that Orthodox church bells irritate the Albanians," says Father Velimir. "The last time the bells were heard was on Easter Sunday, April 15 of this year," he explained, adding that so far he has not publicized this ban because he thought it was temporary. "The church bells did not ring on Ascension Day (Spasovdan, May 25) and I think that this is not good for either the church or the people," said Father Velimir.

Every day, five times a day, the song of the muezzins from the minarets of three mosques in the southern, Albanian part of the town can be heard. A fourth mosque is open and undisturbed in the village of Zabari, near Kosovska Mitrovica.

[SF Republican]

The sound of dynamite being detonated is irritating to me, can the UN get the Muslims to stop?

[Hodar]

And some guy's canterwauling with a microphone from a tower isn't bothersome at all?

[Fiddlstix]

Good Lord! Okay then.......
Tell the muslims to quit their squaking 5 times a day!

[Prime Choice]

Muslims irritate me. Can we ban them now?

[Seselj]

Balkans bump.

[Fitzcarraldo]

The UN building in NYC is an irritating eyesore: can we do something about that?

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Every day, five times a day, the song of the muezzins from the minarets of three mosques in the southern, Albanian part of the town can be heard.

[Seselj]

In case anyone is wondering what a muezzin is:

MUEZZIN, mn-ez'zin (MUEDDIN): The official attached to a Mohammedan mosque, whose business it is to chant the azan (from which the word muezzin is formed with the aid of the preformative), or call of the faithful to prayer, five times each day. The call is sounded from the minaret, if the mosque has one, otherwise from the side of the mosque. The words of the call are: " Allah is most great (four times); I testify that there is no God but Allah (twice); I testify that Mohammed is the apostle of Allah (twice); come to prayer (twice); come to salvation (twice); Allah is most great (twice); there is no god but Allah." In the early morning call, after the words " Come to salvation," the Muezzin adds " Prayer is better than sleep " (twice).

[Condor51]

Ok I seem to have forgotten, but what was it again that Slobo and the Yugo Army did wrong?

Driving the muslims out? Naw, that can't be it because the christian Serbs are the one fleeing in droves and there's almost none of them left.
Ethnic... oh yeah 'cleansing' - but that can't be right either as all the dead people are the christians.

Hmmm, this is puzzling?!?!? Oh well, I'm sure he did something wrong - otherwise Willard and his General, Ashley Wilkes, wouldn't have engaged in an ILLEGAL WAR.

[LiteKeeper]

Kosovo today; America tomorrow. Be warned!

[Kakaze]

I'd ring those bells until they broke!

[Jacob Kell]

Can you all say "Dhimmitude"? Sure you can.

[peter the great]

What troubles me about this is that the bells are a legitimate part of the Liturgy. And they are not allowed to use them, how tragic.

[Hat-Trick]

Ping!

[Richard Kimball]

bump for later

[Darlin']

The UN banned the ringing of church bells because they irritate the muslims ? ... Sheesh, like that obnoxous howling 5 times a days won't make you wanna smack sumpin.

[pointsal]

The UN when given a choice between wrong/right or evil/good always seems to take which course?

[tazman3]

Every day, five times a day, the song of the muezzins from the minarets of three mosques in the southern, Albanian part of the town can be heard. A fourth mosque is open and undisturbed in the village of Zabari, near Kosovska Mitrovica.

Obviously a miss print. They are, ya know, the ROP (Religion of peace). They would surely honor the freedom religion and do like wise. /sarcasm.

[Makedonski]

Have you read the one about a priest being arrested by Kosovo Police during the current unrest.

A grenade was trown into a church court yard. The orthodox priest came out with shrapnel wounds.

The Albanian Kosovo Police (happend to be near by) asked him a direct question: "Why did YOU throw the grenade??"

The priest was handcuffed and taken to the police station and laying on the floor face down for throwing a grenade in his church and inflicting shrapnel wounds on himself I guess. Later he was released.