Azerbaijan bans mosques from broadcasting the call to prayer!

Across the Muslim world- heck no.

Obviously, it should not be forced across the Muslim world, but is it a good idea?

Obviously, it should not be forced across the Muslim world, but is it a good idea?

Azerbaijan's top Islamic council banned mosques nationwide from broadcasting the five-times-a-day call-to-prayer through amplifiers, saying the resonant calls disturb the elderly, the sick and children, an official said Wednesday.

The ban, which went into effect Wednesday, was needed because of the proliferation of mosques in the country and in particular in the capital, Baku, where dozens of mosques broadcast calls-to-prayer often simultaneously, said Akif Agaev, a spokesman for Administration for Muslims of the Caucasus.


"We're not talking about banning the call-to-prayer, but only about the calls not being performed directly through an amplifier since this doesn't meet the approval of everyone," Agaev told the Associated Press.

Azerbaijan is the first Muslim-majority nation to implement this rule. Should this be implemented across the Muslim world?

source please?

To be completely honest, no. Only because it would conflict with Muslim teachings which in turn would not settle well with the majority of the public.

How do they plan on calling people for prayers then? Shout at the top of their lungs?

How did they do it before amplifiers were invented?

yes i'd say that's a good idea. churches in this country have really cut back on the bell ringing in the last 40years.

How did they do it before amplifiers were invented?

The person who would make the call to prayer would rise to a high place,and those in the surrounding areas would hear the call to prayer I think,also people used to be quite a bit taller,so their voice/lung capacity might have been slightly bigger?Im not saying that it would make a huge difference,just a suggestion

To be completely honest, no. Only because it would conflict with Muslim teachings which in turn would not settle well with the majority of the public.

How did they do it before amplifiers were invented?

"And Mohammed said unto the crowd 'speaketh forth your Adhan through electrically powered amplifier units in order that people shall hear it all across the town. Shouting is clearly not enough to rally the good to prayer. The pious man must make a proper din about it.'"

Straight out of the Qu'ran. Honest.

I personally support this move by the Council. I remember being on holiday in Antalya, and the call to prayer woke me up at about 5 am every day. Terribly irritating.