Australia's largest mosque wants to broadcast the call to prayer over loudspeakers.
They have submitted the application to the town council. They say they have not received any objections..
Lakemba Mosque, Sydney
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According to the report, Daily Mail Australia, the mosque of Lakemba, in Sydney, has unveiled a project to to issue the call to Muslim prayer (call to prayer) over the loudspeakers every Friday at midday. If the project is approved, it will be the first mosque in Sydney to sound the call to prayer.’call to prayer for five minutes regularly throughout the year.
A spokesman for the mosque said to the Daily Mail Australia that the proposal was«Modest in form, but profoundly significant for our community.«He added that «If approved, it will reflect the growing recognition of Australia's multicultural identity and religious diversity.”.
The association that manages the mosque says that no formal complaint has been received and that Canterbury-Bankstown Council has welcomed the proposal. They also state that the residents have been Respectful and positive The idea is now up to the council, which must consider whether it is permissible under the regulations.
They have already called to prayer during Ramadan. of 2020
During Ramadan 2020, the Muslim call to prayer was broadcast over loudspeakers each evening. It was an exceptional measure prompted by the pandemic restrictions. According to the organisers, the initiative was very well received.
They say that on the first evening many neighbours came out into the street, surprised by the novelty. Some even went so far as to arrive. driving from other neighbourhoods to witness it live i They recorded videos that went viral., even in Arab countries.
An influential mosque
The Lakemba mosque is no ordinary centre. It is the largest in the country, It is located in a neighbourhood where 60.1% of residents are Muslim. Many of its worshippers are of Lebanese origin, and over the years the neighbourhood has become a centre of Islam in Sydney.
For the mosque's representative, the council's approval would be received as a sign «of cultural inclusion and the freedom to express one's own faith peacefully in public life«.
The Call to Prayer in the West
The’call to prayer It is already being publicly broadcast in Western cities such as London, Birmingham, Auckland, Toronto, Stockholm, New York and parts of the Netherlands. In these cities the authorities began by allowing the call to prayer on Fridays during Ramadan.
A For years now, Minneapolis has allowed the five calls to prayer to be broadcast over loudspeakers., day or night. In New York, in 2025 Mosques have been granted the right to broadcast the prayer without asking for any permission. (which was always given). With these precedents, it's most likely that in Catalonia we'll soon hear the 90 seconds explaining that our god is inferior.
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