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The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity.

Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan.

The police department’s community affairs bureau will work with mosques to communicate the new guidelines and ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels, Adams said. Houses of worship can broadcast up to 10 decibels over the ambient sound level, the mayor’s office said.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder if this could be solved by Church of Satan setting up and blasting Slayer or some death metal at 10db above ambient. Seems only fair.

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Satanic Temple. They're the awesome activists. The Church of Satan are a bunch of Ayn Rand-loving assholes who do a bunch of stupid woo-woo rituals and try to justify hedonism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I didn't realize they were different

[–] mightyfoolish 11 points 1 year ago

If they actually use it in the same manner (congregation, break fast, something besides just to make noise ), why not? After all, their point is "what's for you is for me as well."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm picturing some angry dude in an apartment near this place just blasting death metal out a, window to drown the prayer out.

It's a start.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was in college there was a culture of blasting out music from the windows of the dorms.

Mostly hip hop and pop, not really my genres at the time (though I got into some niche hip hop years later)

At the time, a metal guitarist had recently died violently. They were a local band with a global reach, well local to me, about 2 hours from campus.

That day everyone knew their music, lol. Had my "metal" friends come up with speakers and any other audio gear they could muster.

In my defense, unlike other noise polluters, I observed quiet hours.

[–] tider06 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One can only hope.