[Iron Matron]

I hope I posted this correctly, found it in my local paper (Odessa American) But had to go elsewhere to find the link.

Worldnetdaily has an opinion poll on this on the link provided, another article appears in the Detroit Free Press, but I could not copy it (probably my error)

[bk1000]

already posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1118009/posts

Welcome to FR!

[OpusatFR]

The problem is that church bells are carillons, but the moslem call to prayer is actually prayers broadcast over public space.

If moslems wish to use carillons to call to prayer that would be acceptable, but not broadcast prayer.

Nope.

[OpusatFR]

The problem is that church bells are carillons, but the moslem call to prayer is actually prayers broadcast over public space. (And yes I have read the translation of the call.)

If moslems wish to use carillons to call to prayer that would be acceptable, but not broadcast prayer.

Nope.

[antiRepublicrat]

"It is not my God. My God is Jesus Christ," Caroline Zarski, 81, said. "I don't want this noise invading my home at 10 p.m."

Translation: I'm all for freedom of religion as long as it's mine.

[spunkets]

Now with 101 uses!

[EternalHope]

Will I wake up to an Islamic prayer call?

Hope not. But if I do, it will only be once.

[rightwingextremist1776]

just see how long one of those speakers last in my neighborhood! I'll be damned if I have to wake up to that noise!

[whereasandsoforth]

I wish for the day when we can all stop playing word games and stop pretending islam is a religion. The truth is islam is a cult that preys on the weak and REALLY ignorant.

I find it creepy that a "religion" has mandatory prayer times. I'm so use to turning to Jesus in prayer whenever I need to, I guess I'm spoiled.

What is the islamic god doing the rest of the day? Watching camel-dung ball on a big screen at Sports City?

[PsyOp]

I'm sure some ACLU lawyer is working on his case as we speak.

[Blzbba]

Most municipalities have noise ordinances. Laws that say "You can't play such&such noise if it exceeds X decibels (usually a low number in the 30s or 40s).

So, if this Muslim tripe exceeds that, force them to shut it off.

If it doesn't exceed, then someone in the neighborhood needs to take care of that loudspeaker themselves. A Crosman .760 pellet gun aimed at the speaker should do the trick nicely.

Note: By 'speaker', I mean the piece of hardware from which sound emanates, NOT the Muslim himself. Not advocating violence here!

Personally, I don't blame the old woman for not wanting to hear that crap at 10 pm (or anytime).

[PsyOp]

Mohammed, The Mad Poet Quoted....

[Diogenes]

Detroit is going to let these guys install a system to start calling islamists to prayer at 5:AM? Are they nuts?
We can't even put a church in Mecca, or Medina to cater to our Christian community and they are going to do this in Detroit??? Where's Henry Ford and his people?

[HolgerDansk]

I say, go ahead. Let them blare out their call to prayer.

The newsies will cover the story, and then everyone in the US will get an introduction to what we're up against if we don't defeat the islamists. Especially women; the diving force of the islamist movement has been a backlash against changes demanded by women living in islamic countries -- women who, thanks to satellite television, have seen the freedoms of their western sisters.

The Call to Prayer could be done just as easily with a low power radio station (the FCC has a license category just for this sort of thing). As for Christian church bells, frankly, they're not heard very often precisely because the padres understand that people are irritated by too much of a good thing, and even a pleasant sound constantly repeated becomes annoying.

It's about time this country woke up and smelled the falafel at the door.

[LibKill]

Anyone who disturbs my sleep on a daily basis is asking for trouble. Mostly legal trouble.