Dutch Locals Cut Mosque’s Power Cable to Silence Amplified ‘Call to Prayer’
Blue Mosque in Amsterdam says it wants to blast out call to ‘normalize Islam’ in the area
By: Jay Greenberg |@NeonNettle on 15th November 2019 @ 12.00pm
A mosque in Amsterdam had its power cable cut after the Islamic building had controversially begun using an amplified sound system to blast out the “call to prayer” around the neighborhood, much to the frustration of Dutch locals.The Blue Mosque says it wanted to “normalize Islam” in the area by amplifying the Islamic message that calls nearby Muslims to attend prayers.The move didn’t go down well with non-Mulsim locals in the New West district of Amsterdam, however, and last Friday’s broadcast was silenced when the power cable to the sound system was mysteriously cut.The Blue Mosque was the first mosque in the Dutch capital to broadcast the “call to prayer” over loudspeakers across the neighborhood, Dutch daily newspaper De Telegraaf reports.
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